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Bass Viol
anonymous, c. 1700
This bass viol has a dubious label bearing with the name 'John Roos'. This falsification was probably intended to suggest the renowned 16th-century English viol maker John Rose. They are more likely to be late 17th-century viols by a Dutch maker (perhaps someone from the school of the famous Pieter Rombouts of Amsterdam). Unusually, the seven-stringed instrument still has its original carrying case.
- Artwork typebowed instrument, musical instrument, stringed instrument, viola da gamba
- Object numberBK-KOG-1347-B
- Dimensionslength 126 cm x width 41 cm x height 22 cm, length 130 cm x width 45 cm x depth 29 cm
- Physical characteristicsnotenhout, vurenhout, ebbenhout en darm