The Vazquez Collection of Historical String Instruments
of the 16th to the 18th Century At the Castle of Kremsegg, 2007-2008 Upper Austria
 
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The Vazquez Collection:
exhibition at the
Castle of Kremsegg:
bringing our memorable past to our present
Panorama with violoncello by Roland Houël
The Italian Schools
Milano, Rome and Veneto
violins by Gedler, Hulinsky
Instruments by Nikolas and Johann Christopher Leidolff, Vienna, 1690-1760
An Black Forest violin and a Tyrolean viola
violin and viola by
Mathias Thir, Vienna, 18th C.
The violin family
The violin family
Two Viennese violins
Violin by Joachim Tielke and friends
Violins by Horil, Aegidius Kloz, Koldiz; a German violoncello piccolo
Quartett of the Times of Mozart and Haydn
violin and viola by
Johann Joseph Stadlmann, Vienna, 18th C.
Violoncelli by Thir, Stadlmann and Leidolff
In the back: large violoncello by Simone Cimapane, Rome, 1692, known to have been played in the orchestra of Arcangelo Corelli.
Violin by Carlo Giuseppe Testore, Milano
Violoncello, north Italy, ca. 1760 and harpsichord
Presentation by the Instrument-making School of Hallstatt
Presentation by the Instrument-making School of Hallstatt
Flemish pardessus de viole
Violas da gamba aus Veneto, 16th and early 17th  C.
Painting by Bonifazio Veronese
A very rare tenor viol by Gasparo da Salò, Brescia, ca. 1570
Painting by Bonifazio Veronese, Treble viol, Veneto, ca. 1600
Italian viola da gamba from the 16th C.
A very rare bass viola da gamba by Giovanni Paolo Maggini, Brescia, ca. 1600
Musical memento
Douce memoire
Two treble viols, Italian, 17th C.
Anoher view
Mememto mori
A “Chest of Viols”: English  instruments from the 17th C.
Viola da gamba by Nicolas Leidolff (1695) & Johann Seloss (1691)
Treble viola da gamba, Paris, ca.1740,
Salomon workshop
viola da gamba by John Collingwood, London, 1680
A viola d’amore by Hulinsky (altered in the 19th  C. to a five string instrument without the sympathetic strings)
viola da gamba by Nikolas Leidolff, Vienna, 1695
viola da gamba by Claude Boivin,
Paris, ca. 1740
viola da gamba by Claude Boivin,
Paris, ca. 1740
Two treble viols ca. 1730, whose bellies were constructed from the same tree; painting by Netscher or De La Haye (Dutch, 17th.C)
violas d’amore by Salomon and Johann Schorn
violas d’amore by Salomon and Johann Schorn
viola da gamba  
by Gianbattista Grancino, 1697
viola da gamba  
by Gianbattista Grancino, 1697
Another consort of viola da gambas, English, 17th C.
Another consort of viola da gambas, English, 17th C.
Another consort of viola da gambas, English, 17th C.
viola da gamba  
by Joachim Tielke, 1683
viola da gamba  
by Joachim Tielke, 1683
Ancient Sarangi
Another sumptuously decorated Sarangi
Viola di pardone (Baryton) viola and cello
Baryton trio and a 17th C. Venetian violone in D
A second baryton trio with a viola by Laske and violoncello by Posch
Mr. Karl Egliseer, from the Castle of Kremsegg, technical supervisor of the exhibition.