DHV:
12
Tourin ID:
ANTWP 1
Size:
Quinton
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Paris
Jacques
Boquay
Date:
1761 ?
Label Text:
Jacques Boquay Luthier Rue d’Argenteuil / A Paris 1761
Body Shape:
Violin
Current Location:
B
Antwerp
No. of Strings:
5
Collection:
Museum Vleeshuis
Sound Holes:
F
Catalog Number:
AV.1960.037.002 (formerly 396)
Head:
Scroll
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
(Purchased in 1960)
Measurements:
Body Length:
String Length:
Rib Depth:
9 ?
Upper Width:
Middle Width:
Bottom Width:
20
Information
Source:
Vleeshuis 1981, p. 137; PT visit 9/78
Literature:
Herzog 2003, QT-22; Vleeshuis 1981, p. 137
Photographs:
On museum’s website (front [color]); Vleeshuis 1981, p. 137 (front)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Arched back. 3 pegs treble, 2 bass side. Label date suspect, since Bocquay died in 1730; museum’s website suggests “ca. 1720”.