File:Viola de gamba, 1636.jpg

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Engraving of a man playing a viola de gamba, also called a viol.

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English: Engraving of a man playing a viola de gamba, also called a viol. The engraving is of a 1636 painting.The words "de Gamba" meant that the viol was held between the players legs, while they used their hands to play. A viol played like a guitar was called a viola de mano.
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Source cropped version of Wikimedia Commons file, File:Amateur work, illustrated (1881) (14762035214).jpg
Author unknown, illustrator for book publisher in 1881i. Publisher was Ward, Lock & Co, London, New York

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