DHV:
1182
Tourin ID:
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
A
Graz
[Johann] Michael
Alban
Date:
1706
Label Text:
Michael Albanus / me fecit Gracy 1706
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
A
Vienna
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Vázquez, José [heirs]
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
107
Head:
Lion
Private Owner:
Yes
Previous Owner:
Peter Hütmannsberger, Linz [Vázquez: “violin maker, Linz”], -1993; Bernhard Koster, Innsbruck
Measurements:
Body Length:
67.5
String Length:
69.7
Rib Depth:
13.7
Upper Width:
32.2
Middle Width:
23.6
Bottom Width:
39.6
Information
Source:
Vázquez website; Vázquez to TGM, 2/97
Literature:
Photographs:
Vázquez website (side 7/8, front body only, detail of rosette [color])
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Rosette. New neck and head, with lion copied from one by this maker’s father. Drawing available from Simone Zopf (zopf@mdw.ac.at), per VdG-Mitteilungen, 12/03. Website (7/20): “At present this bass viola da gamba is on permanent loan to Lúcia Krommer, ... a principal member of the Orpheon Consort.”