DHV:
709
Tourin ID:
PARIS 19
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Paris
Nicolas
Bertrand
Date:
1720
Label Text:
Nicolas Bertrand / a Paris 1720 [handwritten]; also stamped BERTRAND at top of back
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
F
Paris
No. of Strings:
7
Collection:
Musée de la musique
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
E.0690 (formerly C.???)
Head:
Female
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Measurements:
Body Length:
71.3
String Length:
70.7
Rib Depth:
14.9
Upper Width:
34
Middle Width:
25.5
Bottom Width:
41
Information
Source:
Museum’s website; Milliot 1997, p. 185; Gétreau 1996, p. ???; Gétreau 1988, p. 78; PT visits 6/77 & 9/78
Literature:
Milliot 1997, p. 185; Gétreau 1996, p. ??? Gétreau 1988, p. 78; Thibault 1973, p. 43; Chouquet 1884, p. 31
Photographs:
On museum’s website (FB+S, head side; front 7/8, head 3/4 [color]); Woodfield & Robinson 2001, 26:680, fig. 15a (F+S); Milliot 1997, p. 185 (FB+S); Gétreau 1988, pp. 77 (side of neck and head), 79 (front 3/4), 150 (front [color]); König 1985, p. 53 (front); Woodfield & Robinson 1984, 3:749, fig. 14a (F+S); van der Meer 1983, p. 109 (front); Hogwood 1978, p. 7 (F+S); Thibault 1973, p. 43 (FB+S)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
2-piece table and back; pegs and bridge not original; repaired in 1884 by Gand & Bernardel frères (Gétreau 1988, p. 78). Milliot 1997: table with single BWB purfling, very close to edges; no liners. On display 8/02. Website: “Cette splendide viole ... a servi ... de modèle à une production en série fabriquée à Mirecourt.” Gétreau 1996, p. 241, n. 280, says the 1720 Bertrand sold at auction of Léon Savoye’s collection in 1882 may be the same as the one later owned by Mme de Chambure and now at the Musée de la musique; but hers, E.980.2.393, is dated 1706.