DHV:
515
Tourin ID:
LEIPB 31
Size:
Pardessus
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Paris
Louis
Guersan
Date:
1750
Label Text:
Ludovicus GUERSAN / prope / Comoediam / Gallicam / Lutetiae / Anno / 1750 [printed]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
D
Leipzig
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Universität Leipzig
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
793
Head:
Male
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Wilhelm Heyer, Cologne, 1910- ; Charles-Alphonse, Baron Vidal de Léry, -1910
Measurements:
Body Length:
32.8
String Length:
31.5
Rib Depth:
6.0
Upper Width:
16.0
Middle Width:
11.2
Bottom Width:
19.5
Information
Source:
PT visit 10/78
Literature:
Gétreau 1996, p. 305; Schultz 1929, p. 69; Kinsky 1912, 2:449; De Léry 1910, lot 395
Photographs:
On museum’s website (FB+S [color]); Rueger 1982/1986, pl. 63 (head [color]); Kinsky 1912, 2:623 (label); [by PT: head (only) front (color)]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
De Léry 1910, lot 395
Striped back and ribs (sycamore and maple). Neck probably original but narrowed. La Fille head (coolie). Kinsky: “Dessus de viole”; dimensions: 60, 32.5, 16/ - /19.5, 6, -.