DHV:
1233
Tourin ID:
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
A
Linz
Johann
Seelos
Date:
1691
Label Text:
Johann Seeloß in Linz 1691
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
A
Vienna
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Vázquez, José [heirs]
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
106
Head:
Scroll
Private Owner:
Yes
Previous Owner:
Measurements:
Body Length:
71.9
String Length:
70.2
Rib Depth:
13
Upper Width:
30.9
Middle Width:
22
Bottom Width:
40.5
Information
Source:
Vázquez website; Sotheby’s 11/4/98, lot 153
Literature:
Montagu 1999, p. 165; Sotheby’s 11/4/98, lot 153
Photographs:
Vázquez website (front 3/4, F+B body only [color]); Sotheby’s 11/4/98, lot 153 (front)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Sotheby’s 1998/11/04, lot 153
Back is two-piece with medium curl ascending from the joint; ribs similar; table of fine even grain; varnish golden-brown. C-holes very thin, and not perfectly symmetrical (left is more upright and positioned higher). Dendrochronological testing by Peter Klein shows youngest year-ring on table dates from 1668; both halves come from the same tree. Sotheby’s body length of 72.1 probably taken on the back; string length was then 68.9.