DHV:
340
Tourin ID:
HAGUE 16
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
A
Absam
Jacob
Stainer
Date:
1670 C
Label Text:
Jacobus Stainer in Absom / prope Oenipontum Mpia 1661 [handwritten]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
NL
The Hague
No. of Strings:
-4
Collection:
Kunstmuseum Den Haag (formerly Gemeentemuseum)
Sound Holes:
F
Catalog Number:
MUZ-1933-0405 (0840193); formerly 1001, before that 8 (?)
Head:
Scroll
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Sammlung Scheurleer, -1933
Measurements:
Body Length:
String Length:
Rib Depth:
Upper Width:
Middle Width:
Bottom Width:
Information
Source:
Senn & Roy 1986, p. 213 (A98); PT visits 6/77 & 9/78
Literature:
Senn & Roy 1986, p. 213
Photographs:
Senn & Roy 1986, pp. 398-99 (FB+S)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Converted to a cello; striped back (9 pieces, dark at edges) and ribs (3 pieces, light at edges). Upright F-holes. Neck and scroll not original. Per Benjamin Schröder (via T. Muthesius), label is a facsimile, so date invalid (handwritten labels first appear c. 1667).