Gallery

Viol (?Bass), Gasparo da Salò, last quarter 16th century

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Ashmolean Instruments


Treble Viol, Giovanni Maria da Brescia, second half 16th century

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Ashmolean Instruments


Treble Viol, Francesco Linarol, 16th century

Kunshistorisches Museum, Wien

Sammlung alter Musikinstrumente


Treble Viol, Antonio Ciciliano, second half 16th century

Kunshistorisches Museum, Wien

Sammlung alter Musikinstrumente


Alto-Tenor Viol, Antonio Ciciliano, second half 16th century

Kunshistorisches Museum, Wien

Sammlung alter Musikinstrumente


Bass Viol, Antonio Ciciliano, 1602

Kunshistorisches Museum, Wien

Sammlung alter Musikinstrumente


Treble Viol, Anon. (Venice or Brescia), 16th century

Orpheon Foundation, Wien

Vazquez Collection


Treble Viol, in Italian Renaissance form (Ganassi), Anon. (Spain or Italy), 16th century

Orpheon Foundation, Wien

Vazquez Collection


Treble Viol, Anon. (Italy ?), 16th century (?)

Orpheon Foundation, Wien

Vazquez Collection


Tenor Viol, Gasparo da Salò, c.1570

Orpheon Foundation, Wien

Vazquez Collection


Bass Viol, Ventura di Francesco Linarolo, 1585

Orpheon Foundation, Wien

Vazquez Collection


Bass Viol, Giovanni Paolo Maggini, c.1600

Orpheon Foundation, Wien

Vazquez Collection


Viola Bastarda, Giovanni Batista Ciciliano, 1543 (uncertain)
Musical Instruments Museum, Brussels
Collection Musical Instruments

Viola Bastarda, Giovanni Batista Ciciliano (?), 1543 (uncertain)
Musical Instruments Museum, Brussels
Collection Musical Instruments


Viola Bastarda, unknown author (Italy), unknown date (1550/1750)

Musical Instruments Museum, Brussels

Collection Musical Instruments


Viola Bastarda, Zanetto (de Michaelis) di Montichiaro, 1560/1564 (uncertain)

Musical Instruments Museum, Brussels

Collection Musical Instruments


Viola Bastarda, Antonio Ciciliano, 1566 / 1581

Musical Instruments Museum, Brussels

Collection Musical Instruments


Basse de viole, Zanetto (Peregrino), Brescia, 1547

Cité de la musique, Paris

Médiathèque Cité de la Musique


Basse de viole, anonyme, Italie, 16e

Musée du Palais Lascaris (Nice)

Médiathèque Cité de la Musique


Antonio Ciciliano, Viola da Gamba Tenore, first half 16th century

Musa. Museo degli Strumenti Musicali, Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma

Online catalogue


Antonius Bononiensis (?), Viola da Gamba, 16th century

Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica di Bologna

Online catalogue


Antonio Ciciliano (?), Viola da Gamba, 16th century

Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica di Bologna

Online catalogue


Bass viola da gamba, Venetian school, ca. 1540

Vermillion, National Music Museum

inv. 3375


Bass viola da gamba by Zanetto di Montichiaro, Brescia, before 1560

Vermillion, National Music Museum

inv. 3376


Bass viola da gamba by Ventura di Francesco Linarol, Venice, 1582

Vermillion, National Music Museum

inv. 3377 Technical drawing available


Bass viola da gamba by Gasparo da Salo, Brescia, before 1609

Vermillion, National Music Museum

inv. 3378


Contrabass viola da gamba attributed to Gasparo da Salo, Brescia, before 1609

Vermillion, National Music Museum

inv. 3431


[to be completed]

last updated 03.06.13

In this page you find a list of the sixteenth-century Italian viole da gamba still surviving in museums and galleries all over the world, with links to their institutional webpage.