DHV:
345
Tourin ID:
HAGUE 21
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
NL
Amsterdam
Hendrik
Jacobs
Date:
1680
Label Text:
hendrik jacobsz / me fecit in Amsterd' 1680 [printed]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
NL
The Hague
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Kunstmuseum Den Haag (formerly Gemeentemuseum)
Sound Holes:
Flame
Catalog Number:
MUZ-1933-0574 (0840359)
Head:
Female
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Measurements:
Body Length:
70
String Length:
72.3
Rib Depth:
13.6
Upper Width:
32.7
Middle Width:
24
Bottom Width:
40.3
Information
Source:
PT visits 6/77 & 9/78
Literature:
Jacobi 2006, pp. 72-73
Photographs:
On museum’s website (F [color]); Jacobi 2006, pp. 72-73 (FB+S, head side, detail of ornament at top of back [color]); König 1985, p. 112 (front); Hogwood 1978, p. 9 (front); undated postcard seen at Smithsonian (F+B)
Recordings:
Brüggen et al. 1968 (English Consorts); Hampe 1966 (English: Leonhardt Consort); Hampe 1966a (Bach 106: Leonhardt Consort)
Auctions:
Comments:
Back has diamonds at neck, below fold, and at bottom, with 2 large ovals in middle. Table has rosette and soundholes with lower eyes only (similar to Tapio’s and Kessler/Ryan’s viols attributed to Jacobs, but smaller than either). Carved pegbox. Drawing by P. Buitendijk, Jr. (1987) available from museum. Jacobi 2006: “...there are doubts as to the authenticity of this instrument as the work of Jacobs...”; “The instrument was restored several years ago”; dimensions 69.7, 32.5/23.2/40.1, -, - (probably taken on the back). Tourin: 3 cross braces below soundpost plate; no liners or corner blocks, definite neck graft; English-type purfling work on back; carving on neck heel, also sides and back of pegbox; nicely carved hookbar; beveled C-holes. On loan to the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, since 12/2015.