DHV:
1129
Tourin ID:
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
D ?
Date:
Label Text:
Fatto da me Zosimo Bergonzi P anno 17**, Cremona
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Sound Holes:
Flame
Catalog Number:
Head:
Female
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Measurements:
Body Length:
73.9
String Length:
Rib Depth:
Upper Width:
Middle Width:
Bottom Width:
Information
Source:
Sotheby’s 5/22/80, lot 382
Literature:
Sotheby’s 5/22/80, lot 382
Photographs:
Sotheby’s 5/22/80, lot 382 (front)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Sotheby’s 1980/05/22, lot 382
Sotheby’s: “probably German ... the purfling of stained bone in a geometrical design...” (black zigzagging along a wide white band); length of back 73.9; “requiring restoration.” [May be post-18th-C.?] W. Monical (to TGM 10/16): a very late instrument, at least late 19C, “perhaps inspired by iconography or maker’s whim”; country of origin unclear. Ensemble of body, neck and pegbox are only marginally playable, reminiscent of Franciolini’s work; fittings all probably belong together, including neck, pegbox, pegs, and endpin.