Tenor viola

Hendrik Aerninck, 1677

Between the 16th and 18th centuries, the violin family included a variety of formats. Throughout the 18th century, it settled into the three types of violin, viola, and cello that constitute the string quartet. The instrument displayed here is a special tenor viola model, thus larger than the alto viola commonly used today. It also features a short end pin, allowing it to be played vertically, akin to the cello.

  • Artwork typebowed instrument, musical instrument, stringed instrument, tenor viola
  • Object numberBK-NM-5893
  • Dimensionsheight 77 cm

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Tenor viola or violoncello piccolo
    • Tenor viola

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-NM-5893

  • Description

    Tenor altviool met fraai gesneden engelenkop aan de krul. Vervaardigd door VAN AERNICK, LEIDEN, 1677.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    date

Creation

  • Creation

    Hendrik Aerninck, Leiden

  • Dating

    1677

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    height 77 cm

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from Jonkheer W. Hora Siccama, Nieuwer-Amstel

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Documentation

    • Albert Rice, 'The musical instrument collection of Michiel can Bolhuis (1764)', Journal of the American Musical Instrument Society 18 (1992), p. 5-21: 11
    • L.G. Langwill, 'Musikinstrumenten-Sammlung des Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ausgestellt im Gemeente Museum, Den Haag 9. Oktober - 24. November 1952', Glareana: Nachrichten der Gesellschaft der Freunde alter Musikinstrumente 2, nr. 2 (1953), p. 1-3: 2

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