DHV:
343
Tourin ID:
HAGUE 19
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
GB
London
Barak
Norman
Date:
1705
Label Text:
Barak Norman / at the Bass Viol in / St Pauls Alley / London fecit 1705
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
NL
Amsterdam
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Rijksmuseum
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
BK-NM-12548
Head:
Open scroll
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Owned since 1920 by the Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap, Amsterdam; on loan to the Gemeentemuseum in The Hague 1952-2012 (MUZ-1952x0142 [0841153]); on loan to the Rijksmuseum 1920-52 and again 2012-
Measurements:
Body Length:
65.3
String Length:
68.4
Rib Depth:
11.9
Upper Width:
30
Middle Width:
22.3
Bottom Width:
36.3
Information
Source:
Website of Rijksmuseum (seen 6/14); Liedmeier and Latcham 2009, p. 175; PT visits 6/77 & 9/78
Literature:
Hebbert 2001, p. 298 (1705:1)
Photographs:
On museum’s website (front [color]); Ligtvoet 1955, p. 31 (front); [unpublished, from museum, 1/16: FB+S, head F+S (color)]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Inlaid fingerboard and tailpiece, double purfling; table ornament Type V. Back widths 29.8/22.1/36.3; rib depth at middle bout 12.1. Repair label: “gerepareerd door K. van der Meer 1917”. Table ornament Type V.