DHV:
342
Tourin ID:
HAGUE 18, GAL 9, LOAN 14
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
GB
London (Southwark)
Henry
Jaye
Date:
1611
Label Text:
Henrie Jaye in Southwarke 1611 [per Galpin 1910]; now illegible
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
NL
The Hague
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Kunstmuseum Den Haag (formerly Gemeentemuseum)
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
MUZ-1954-0009 (0841238)
Head:
Male
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Rosamond Harding, -1954; Francis Galpin, c. 1905-; E.J. Payne (in 1904)
Measurements:
Body Length:
71.6
String Length:
68
Rib Depth:
12.5
Upper Width:
32.4
Middle Width:
24.2
Bottom Width:
40.7
Information
Source:
G. Liedmeier to TGM, 11/05; PT visits 6/77 & 9/78
Literature:
Fleming 2007, p. 31 (JP 20); Cole 2007, p. 84; BVMA 2000, p. 12; Catch 1997, p. 132; Catch 1989, pp. 5-6; Galpin Society 1951; Galpin 1910, p. 89; Loan 1904, p. 151; Payne 1889, p.103; Loan 1885, p. 33
Photographs:
On museum’s website (F [color]); MacCracken 2011, p. 70 (FB+S); Brüggen et al. 1968 (front 7/8, head 3/4); Galpin 1910, pl. XVII (facing p. 90) (front 3/4); Musical Times 1906, p. 529 (front 7/8, held in playing position by Galpin; reprinted in P. Scholes, The Mirror of Music, 1844-1944 [1947 and ff.])
Recordings:
Brüggen et al. 1968 (English Consorts)
Auctions:
Comments:
5-piece table (perhaps not original?), 3-piece back, both with double purfling; no rose or other decoration. Neck original, but shortened and angled back; pegbox and head also original. Fingerboard (shortened) and tailpiece have multi-color inlay of birds, flowers, etc. Hookbar has carved top; relief carving on shoulder does not continue on neck heel. Numerous crossbars on back; these and wooden linings and bass bar not original; ribs doubled except at shoulders; many repairs and reinforcements. Back widths 33.1/23.7/40.0. Catch 2007: sold by Harding at Sotheby’s on 12/17/1954 (lot 88) for £120; catalogue described it as “in original condition...formerly owned by Canon Galpin.” BVMA 2000: “acquired by...Galpin at a Puttick and Simpson auction sale.” Tourin: 5-piece table, modern neck, double purfling (HAGUE 18). Fingerboard inlaid with birds (GAL 9). Dimensions 71.5, 33.1/24.1/40.7, 13.2, 68.