DHV:
347
Tourin ID:
HAGUE 23
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
NL
Amsterdam
Pieter
Rombouts
Date:
1726
Label Text:
PIETER ROMBOUTS / AMSTERDAM 1726 [printed except 26]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
NL
The Hague
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Kunstmuseum Den Haag (formerly Gemeentemuseum)
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
MUZ-1933-0590 (0840376)
Head:
Female
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Measurements:
Body Length:
65.4
String Length:
66.3
Rib Depth:
13.5
Upper Width:
30.7
Middle Width:
22.4
Bottom Width:
37.7
Information
Source:
PT visits 6/77 & 9/78
Literature:
Photographs:
On museum’s website (F [color]); Liedmeier and Latcham 2009, pp. 175-76 (head 3/4); [unpublished, in museum database printout: F (color)]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Modern neck, double purfling, high arching. Elaborate relief carving on back of pegbox. Soundpost plate has bevelled edges; upper and lower crossbraces held at ribs with chocks; has corner blocks and back linings. Drawing by G.J. Manders (Vereniging voor Huismuziek), 1981. On loan to the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, since 12/2015.