DHV:
1238
Tourin ID:
Size:
Quinton
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Paris
François
Lejeune
Date:
1762
Label Text:
François Le Jeune rue de la / [Juiverie à] Paris. Année 1762 [printed]
Body Shape:
Violin
Current Location:
F
Lille
No. of Strings:
5
Collection:
Musée Régional de l’Hospice Comtesse, Collection J. & P. Hel
Sound Holes:
F
Catalog Number:
C. 623 / 2002.0.32
Head:
Scroll
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Heirs of Pierre Hel, Lille, -1957
Measurements:
Body Length:
35.8
String Length:
Rib Depth:
4.3
Upper Width:
16
Middle Width:
11
Bottom Width:
21
Information
Source:
Hell 1989, p. 86 (no. 56)
Literature:
Herzog 2003, QT-77; La Grandville 2000, p. 5; Hell 1989, p. 66 (no. 31)
Photographs:
On website of Musée de la musique (front [color]); Hell 1989, p. ?? (front [color]); p. 66 (head 3/4)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
2-piece back, sloping shoulders, 2 pegs treble, 3 bass side. Pegs, fingerboard and tailpiece of ebony, not original; latter has traces of 4-string set-up; neck reset at greater angle than originally.