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Viola d'amore
Johann Franz Placht (Austrian)
1785
Object Place: Schönbach, Austria
Medium/Technique
Maple, spruce, ebony
Dimensions
Overall: 76.2 x 22.9 cm (30 x 9 in.)
Credit Line
Partial gift of Susan Smolin in memory of Anne and Otto Gombosi and Museum purchase with funds by exchange from the Edwin M. Ripin Collection—Museum purchase with funds donated by Friends of the Collection
Accession Number2011.2143
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CollectionsEurope, Musical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Chordophones
ProvenanceBy the 1960s, Anne Gombosi (b. 1907 – d. 1978), Newton, MA; 1978, by descent to her son, Martin G. Gombosi (b. 1949 – d. 2004), Needham, MA; 2004, by descent to his widow, Susan Smolin, Needham; 2011, year-end gift of Susan Smolin to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 25, 2012)