Woman Playing a Viola de Gamba (1663). Gabriel Metsu (Dutch, Baroque, Dutch Golden Age, 16
Woman Playing a Viola de Gamba (1663). Gabriel Metsu (Dutch, Baroque, Dutch Golden Age, 1629-1667). Oil on panel. Metropolitan Museum of Art.A viola de gamba is a stringed instrument, the bass of the viol family, with approximately the range of the cello. Also called bass viol, gamba, viol.The instrument was perfectly suited for consort music, or music for small instrumental ensemble pre c.1700, which was the “popular” music of the era. -- source link
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