Which of the following instruments in a chamber orchestra typically provides the harmonic underpinning for other melodic instruments but can carry the principal melody on their own as well?

Violin typically provides the harmonic underpinning for other melodic instruments but can carry the principal melody on their own as well.

classical and renaissance ideals. he mainly focused in historical paintings, so you could also say that he drew his artistic inspiration from the bible, since he depicted and painted many scenes from it.