Viola d'Amore
Details
- Palette
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- Dimensions
- Height: 23 1/2 in. (59.7 cm) Width: 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm)
- Origin
- Italian
- Department
- Musical Instruments
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Image provider
- metropolitan-museum-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Purchase, Amati Gifts, 2008
Art Genome Taxonomy
9 tags
Artistic Disciplines
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Music Both · 99%
The catalog identifies the work as a viola d’amore in the Department of Musical Instruments, and the image clearly shows a complete bowed string instrument with a resonant body, strings, fingerboard, bridge, tailpiece, and tuning pegs.
Visual Qualities
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Symmetrical Visual · 97%
The frontal view presents a largely bilateral body outline, paired f-shaped sound holes, a central fingerboard, and balanced placement of the strings and fittings.
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Single Object Visual · 99%
The photograph isolates one complete instrument against a plain, pale background.
Time Periods
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18th Century Art Metadata · 100%
The catalog dates the instrument to 1701, placing it within the eighteenth century.
Geographic Regions
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Italian Art Metadata · 100%
The catalog identifies the place of origin as Italian and the maker as Giovanni Grancino of Milan.
Materials
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Wood Both · 98%
The catalog lists spruce, maple, and ebony, while the image visibly shows extensive warm brown wooden surfaces in the body, neck, pegbox, and fittings.
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Metal Metadata · 97%
Iron is listed among the cataloged materials. Some visible strings and fittings appear metallic, although the photograph alone cannot establish the composition of each small component.
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Bone Metadata · 96%
The catalog lists bone among the materials used in the instrument.
Antiquities, Artifacts, and Religious Objects
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Musical Instrument Both · 99%
The metadata classifies the object as a viola d’amore and a bowed, fretted chordophone-lute; the image visibly presents the construction of a stringed musical instrument.
Source & rights
Giovanni Grancino. Viola d'Amore. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.