DHV:
493
Tourin ID:
LEIPB 02
Size:
Pardessus
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Valenciennes
Adrien Benoit
Chatelin
Date:
1758
Label Text:
Fait par Adrien Benoist / Chathelin A Valencienne / 1758 [handwritten]; 1758 [in ink on neck foot]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
D
Leipzig
No. of Strings:
5
Collection:
Universität Leipzig
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
789
Head:
Turk
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Wilhelm Heyer, 1910- ; Charles-Alphonse, Baron Vidal de Léry, -1910; Georges Samary, Paris, -1887
Measurements:
Body Length:
31.8
String Length:
31
Rib Depth:
5.5
Upper Width:
16.1
Middle Width:
10.8
Bottom Width:
19.5
Information
Source:
PT visit 10/78
Literature:
Herzog 2003, QT-38; Gétreau 1996, pp. 258, 305; Schultz 1929, p. 26; Kinsky 1912, 2:446; De Léry 1910, lot 398
Photographs:
On museum’s website (FB+S, date); museum website 3/05 (head 3/4 [color]); Rueger 1982/1986, pl. 62 (head [color]); Schrammek 1970, Tafel 20b (head); Kinsky 1912, 2:610 (label)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
De Léry 1910, lot 398
Striped back and ribs (3 walnut, 2 maple). Kinsky dimensions 60.5, 31.5, 16/ - /19.5, 5.5, -. Tourin: string length 31.0-32.0; neck not original? 3 pegs treble, 2 bass side. C-holes very curly, large, and far in from edges of table. Probably same as De Lery 1910, lot 398 (“tête de Persan sculptée”).