http://www.virtuelles-kupferstichkabinett.de/index.php?selTab=3&currentWerk=27682&&utm_content=buffer1b359&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) - Concerto for viola d'amore, strings and continuo, RV 397

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3r5TMIZtGDE

Making a viola d'amore: copy of the instrument built for Henri Casadesus by Chardon Père et Fils in 1936

https://youtu.be/J_vYm04gfFs
http://www.atelierdelutherie.info/Daniel-Ross-Luthier-de-violon-Tarifs?lang=fr

Cor Kint (1890-1944)

http://www.corkint.info/html/corkint_bio.htm

Viola d'Amore by G. Saint-George, London 1914

A Viola d'Amore by G. Saint-George, London 1914. The tail piece inlaid with various woods showing the form of a dital harp, the fingerboard similarly inlaid showing an Irish harp on a shield with the cross of St. George. The flame sound holes, the back inlaid with geometric patterns and a shield bearing the cross of St. George. The peg-box terminating in a knight's head

Le cas Butterfly: mystère autour d'une viole d'amour

http://blog.mahgeneve.ch/le-cas-butterfly-mystere-autour-dune-viole-damour/

Viola d'amore, Austria, 1719

http://collections.vam.ac.uk/

Viole d'amour (2010) - Hervé Loilier, huile sur toile 81 x 65

Viola d'amore, Giuseppe Lecchi, Genoa, 1936

http://www.bidsquare.com/l/267/modern-viola-damore-giuseppe-lecchi-genoa-1936

Viola d'amore by Johann Joseph Stadlmann, Wien, 174_

Label: Joann = Joseph / Stadl = mann / Kayserl = Königl / Hof Lauten = und Geigen / macher in = Wienn 174_ ( = shows where the Imperial Eagle divides the text)

Johann Joseph (1720-1781) was the son of Daniel Achatius Stadlmann (ca. 1680-1744), the founder of this distinguished Viennese dynasty of luthiers in the 18th C. In fact, Daniel Achatius was entrusted with the Imperial monopoly on the wood trade for the guild of luthiers, which explains why the instruments of this Family were constructed from the finest, first-choice materials.

 

Johann Joseph (1720-1781) war der Sohn Daniel Achatius Stadlmanns(um 1680–1744), des Gründers dieser bedeutenden Wiener Geigenbaudynastie des 18. Jahrhunderts. Daniel Achatius verfügte sogar über das Monopol des Holzhandels der Innung, weshalb seine Instrumente aus den erlesensten Klanghölzern hergestellt worden sind.

 

 

 http://www.orpheon.org/OldSite/Seiten/Instruments/vd%27a/vda_stadlmannjj.htm

Viola d'amore 7+7. Germany, 19th century

Label:
Felix Mori Costa
Fecit Parmae
anno 1806
















http://www.musicantic.eu/strumenti-ad-arco/viola-d-amore/viola-d-amore-germania-xix-secolo-_1808_it_D.html

Museum of musical instruments, Palais Lascaris, Nice

Restauration d’une viole d’amour anonyme, faite vers 1880, portant une étiquette apocryphe "Gagliano,1667"

http://www.sinier-de-ridder.com/restaurations/gagliano.html

http://www.grandsudinsolite.fr/551-06-alpes-maritimes-le-palais-lascaris--musee-des-instruments-de-musique-anciens.html

Henri Casadesus (Paris, 1879-1947)

Henri Casadesus, c. 1900

Born in Paris on 30 September 1879 son of Luis Casadesus and Mathilde Sénéchal
Died in Paris on 31 May 1947

He received his first musical instruction with Lavignac and Laforge. Between 1910 and 1917, he was the altoist of the Capet quartet. He also directed the "Théatre de la Gaité Lyrique" in Paris and the Liège Opera (Belgium). Charged with diplomatic and artistic missions abroad, mainly in the USA, he founded, in 1901, in collaboration with Camille Saint-Saîns, the Society of Ancient Instruments (la Société des Instruments Anciens) aimed at reviving on 17th and 18th century instruments, unknown musical works from the masters of the time. Between 1901 and 1939 , the society travelled 350 000 km, performing in many countries, including Russia and the USA. Among its members, it counted: Henri Casadesus (viola d'amore), Marius Casadesus (quinton), Régina Patorni-Casadesus (harpsichord), Lucette Casadesus (viola da gamba) and Maurice Devilliers (bass-viol).
In the course of his travels, Henri Casadesus assembled a remarkable collection of rare and ancient instruments which is currently housed by the Museum of Symphonic Orchestra in Boston.
Five children : Catherine, Jacqueline (with Renée Delerbat) Christian, Gisèle (with Marie-Louise Beetz) Bernard (with Jeanne Montange)
He authored several operettas ("Le Rosier", "Sans tambour, ni trompette", "La petite-fille de madame Angot", "Cotillon III"), melodies, pieces of film music ("Le gardian", "Les mystères de Paris", "Paris-New-York") and a book titled "Méthode de la viole d'amour".

Jàn Kral

6+6 Viola d'amore by Claude Aubert, France, XVIII Century

Claude AUBERT est né à Bétignicourt dans l'Aube le 19 septembre 1721, ses parents étaient cultivateurs. On ne sait pas où il se forma, en revanche on le retrouve à Troyes dés 1754 où il fut le seul luthier  de cette ville du XVIIIème. Sa production a été importante et variée : Quinton de 1754 du musée de La Villette, violons et violoncelles chez François Joseph POMMET luthier à Reims, guitares de La Villette.

Il a eu comme apprentis puis comme collaborateurs Claude GIRON et Alexis VILLAUME, d'ailleurs au mariage de ce dernier, ces trois luthiers troyens sont signataires de l'acte de mariage.

http://ink361.com/app/users/ig-1148850656/xabieririondo/photos/ig-834817291899782583_1148850656

Viola d'amore pegbox

http://finestrings.tumblr.com/