Violoncello
1658 | Jacob Stainer
Only very few violoncellos are known from Stainer. Commissions from diverse aristocratic chapels and monasteries reveal, however, that he created a number of these instruments; unfortunately, most of these bass instruments are lost today. One reason for these losses is the fact that, at Stainer’s time, cellos had longer bodies than is usual today. Smaller models were better suited for the difficult chamber and solo music of subsequent epochs, and therefore these overly large instruments ‒ as is the case with the one on display ‒ were reduced in length as well as width. (rh)
Only very few violoncellos are known from Stainer. Commissions from diverse aristocratic chapels and monasteries reveal, however, that he created a number of these instruments; unfortunately, most of these bass instruments are lost today. One reason for these losses is the fact that, at Stainer’s time, cellos had longer bodies than is usual today. Smaller models were better suited for the difficult chamber and solo music of subsequent epochs, and therefore these overly large instruments ‒ as is the case with the one on display ‒ were reduced in length as well as width. (rh)
Manufacturer:
Jacob Stainer (1618/19 Absam - 1683) DNB
Time:
1658
Object Name
Violoncello
Culture
Austria, Absam
Dimensions:
1320 mm x 390 mm x 310 mm
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Sammlung alter Musikinstrumente
Invs.
Sammlung alter Musikinstrumente, 1071
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