Viola d'amore
Johann Franz Placht
(Austrian)
1785
Object PlaceSchönbach, Austria
Medium/TechniqueMaple, spruce, ebony
DimensionsOverall: 76.2 x 22.9 cm (30 x 9 in.)
Credit LinePartial 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
On View
Not on viewClassificationsMusical instruments
Collections
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)
late 19th century
