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Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
Kaiserliche Schatzkammer Wien
Weltmuseum Wien
Theseustempel Wien

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die Kaiserliche Wagenburg Wien
das Schloss Ambras Innsbruck
das Theatermuseum

Selected masterpieces

Stringed instruments

Viola da gamba (viol)

16th century
Manufacturer: Francesco Linarol

Viola da gamba (viol)

2nd half of the 16th century
Manufacturer: Antonio Ciciliano

Viola da gamba (viol)

presumably after 1602
Manufacturer: Antonio Ciciliano

Lira da braccio

1511
Manufacturer: Giovanni d'Andrea

Viola d'amore

early 18. century
Manufacturer: anonym

Rebecchino

15th century
Manufacturer: anonym

Violin

1817
Manufacturer: anonym

Violin

1749
Manufacturer: Wenzel Kowansky

Violin

2nd half of the 18th century
Attributed to: Simon Johann Havelka

Violoncello

1699
Manufacturer: Giovanni Battista Grancino

Violin

ca. 1883
Manufacturer: Carl Zach

Plucked instruments

Lute (alto)

approx. 1580
Manufacturer: Georg Gerle

Theorbo

2nd half of the 16th century
Manufacturer: Magno Tiefenbrucker

Chitarra battente (modified)

1st half of the 17th century
Manufacturer: Matthäus Seelos

Double guitar

1690
Manufacturer: Alexandre Voboam

Bass-cittern

between 1580 and 1596
Manufacturer: anonym

Cittern

1574
Manufacturer: Girolamo de Virchis

Lyre-Cittern

16. or 17. century
Manufacturer: anonym

Pedal harp

ca. 1810
Manufacturer: Franz Brunner

Contraguitar

between 1841 and 1851
Manufacturer: Johann Anton Stauffer

Keyboard instruments

Spinet-regal

December 1587
Manufacturer: Anton Meidting

Spinettino

2nd half of the 16th century (assigned)
Manufacturer: anonym

Clavicytherium

2nd half of the 17th century
Manufacturer: Martin Kaiser

Fortepiano

1867
Manufacturer: Fa. Bösendorfer

Fortepiano with a down-striking action

1840
Manufacturer: Johann Baptist Streicher

Fortepiano

1819
Manufacturer: André Stein

Harpsichord

1745
Manufacturer: Joannes Daniel Dulcken

Fortepiano

1958
Manufacturer: Fa. Bösendorfer

Harpsichord

1559
Manufacturer: Joseph Salodiensis

Organ-piano

ca. 1785
Manufacturer: Frantz Xaver Christoph

Fortepiano (pour la parfaite Harmonie)

1796
Attributed to: Johann Jakob Könnicke

Positive organ

beginning of the 18th century
Attributed to: Franz Walter

Fortepiano

07.05.1898 (completed)
Manufacturer: Ludwig Bösendorfer

Claviorgan

between 1564 - 1569
Attributed to: Servatius Rorif

Wind instruments

Recorder (alto)

16. or 17. century

Natural trumpet

1581
Manufacturer: Anton Schnitzer

Tartolt

before 1578
Manufacturer: anonym

Rackett

16th century
Manufacturer: anonym

Trombone

1732
Manufacturer: Michael Leichamschneider

Basset horn

approx. 1800
Manufacturer: Johann Baptist Merklein

Natural trumpet

1741
Manufacturer: Michael Leichamschneider

Natural horn

1745
Manufacturer: Adam Ferber

Sackbut (tenor)

1557
Manufacturer: Joerg Neuschel

Crumhorn (bass)

1522
Manufacturer: Jörg Wier

Oboe

beginning of the 18th century
Manufacturer: Hendrik Richters

Transverse flute (Swiss pipe)

17th century (?)
Manufacturer: anonym

Clarinet

19th century
Manufacturer: Johann Baptist Merklein

Oboe

1839 (?)
Manufacturer: Wenzel Horak

Other objects

Bust: Joseph Haydn

approx. 1800
Manufacturer: Franz Christian Thaler

Musical automaton (flute clock)

1796 (?), cabinet later
Manufacturer: Primitivus Niemetz

Painting: Anton Walter (1756 - 1826), Porträt

1825
Artist: Friedrich August Mathias Gauermann

Painting: Der junge Schubert

beginning of the 19th century
Artist: Josef Abel

Painting: Portrait Ludwig van Beethoven

1823
Attributed to: Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller

For more highlights from the collections go to our online Image Library.