DHV:
1551
Tourin ID:
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Marseilles
Barthélémy
Vaillan
Date:
1662
Label Text:
Barthelemy Vaillan / Marsille. 1662 [handwritten]
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Head:
Moor
Private Owner:
Yes?
Previous Owner:
Collection Albert Blanchi, Nice
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Information
Source:
Vannes 1999, p. 372
Literature:
Vannes 1999, p. 372
Photographs:
Vannes 1999 (label, no. 2257)
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Comments:
Vannes: “On connaît de lui une jolie viole de gambe (collection Blanchi, de Nice) fond plat, belle tête de Maure sculptée, vernis rouge foncé, marqueterie Renaissance, rosette ivoire et ébène.” (Albert Blanchi 1871-1942, violin maker in Nice, successor to his father Augustin 1828-1899; “Il reproduisit aussi pour des collectionneurs quelques violes et pochettes anciennes.”) Date very clear on label reproduced by Vannes, but questionable in view of same maker’s 1704 pardessus in Marseille’s Musée Grobet-Labadié.