DHV:
1158
Tourin ID:
Size:
Treble ?
Place Made:
Maker:
E
Madrid
José
Contreras
Date:
1744
Label Text:
Matriti per Granadensem [Josephum Contreras ?] Anno 1744 [printed?]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
No. of Strings:
5
Collection:
Sound Holes:
Flame
Catalog Number:
Head:
Male
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Measurements:
Body Length:
41.5
String Length:
36.2
Rib Depth:
Upper Width:
19.5
Middle Width:
Bottom Width:
24.5
Information
Source:
Phillips 9/16/82, lot 188
Literature:
Phillips 9/16/82, lot 188
Photographs:
Phillips 9/16/82, lot 188 (plate VI) (F+B)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Phillips 1982/09/16, lot 188
“Small tenor viol”; body dimensions are of (one-piece) back; length includes button; tail gut. Bearded male head possibly meant to depict Tieffenbrucker. Repair label “dificada per Jose Alonso Peno de 17—” (handwritten). Perhaps a viola d’amore without sympathetic strings.