DHV:
1461
Tourin ID:
Size:
Pardessus
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Paris
Louis
Guersan
Date:
1755
Label Text:
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
IL
Ranana
No. of Strings:
5
Collection:
Herzog, Myrna
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
Head:
Putto
Private Owner:
Yes
Previous Owner:
Myrna Herzog, Raanana, Israel, 1997-2019; Thurston Dart (and estate), -1997
Measurements:
Body Length:
32.2
String Length:
31.8
Rib Depth:
5.8
Upper Width:
15.8
Middle Width:
11.1
Bottom Width:
19.6
Information
Source:
Owner to TGM, 2/98, 3/10, 4/10
Literature:
Phillips 11/20/97, lot 26 (called a quinton), also Phillips 3/19/92, lot 186
Photographs:
[Unpublished, from M. Herzog 2/98: F+B, head F+S (color)]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Brompton’s 2019/10/21, lot 134; Phillips 1997/11/20, lot 26; Phillips 1992/03/19, lot 186
Striped back (and presumably ribs); 2 pegs treble, 3 bass side. Sides of pegbox have unusual pattern of diagonal lines enclosing single dark dots. Phillips: “Quinton attributed to Louis Guersan in Paris, circa 1750”; dark stripes of rosewood, light of maple; double purfling on table, dimensions 34.5 (including button), 16.0/ - /20.0, 5.5, -. (Info on Dart’s ownership from his former student Greg Holt to TGM 8/12, confirming 1997 auction date and lot no.) Restored in 2000 by Fred Lindeman for Myrna Herzog, including a new neck; sold by her through Brompton’s (10/21/19, lot 134; catalogue not seen).