The Viol Tradition in South Germany and Austria
Thomas Gainsborough: Carl Friedrich Abel
(one of the last masters of the viola da gamba and the viol teacher of the painter!)
Bass viola da gamba by Michael Albanus (Graz, 1706)
Bass viola da gamba by Jakob Stainer (Absam, 1671)
Bass viola da gamba by Johann Seelos (Linz, 1691)
Bass viola da gamba by Nikolaus Leidolff (Vienna, 1695)
Bass viola da gamba by
Anonymous, ca. 1680 (In restauration)
