DHV:
721
Tourin ID:
PARIS 31
Size:
Quinton
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Paris
Augustin
Chappuy
Date:
1763
Label Text:
Augustinus Chappuy / Fecit Parisiis Anno 1763 [printed]; N. Chappuy [stamped on back and lower ribs]
Body Shape:
Violin
Current Location:
F
Paris
No. of Strings:
5
Collection:
Musée de la musique
Sound Holes:
F
Catalog Number:
E.2363
Head:
Scroll
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Henri Cesbron, 1916-34; Paul Cesbron, Paris, before 1906 - 1910 [?]; Charles-Alphonse, Baron Vidal de Léry, -1910
Measurements:
Body Length:
35.3
String Length:
33.1
Rib Depth:
4
Upper Width:
16.1
Middle Width:
11.5
Bottom Width:
21.1
Information
Source:
Museum’s website; Gétreau 1996, p. 710; Gétreau 1988, p. 140; PT visits 6/77 & 9/78
Literature:
Herzog 2003, QT-28, QT-34; Gétreau 1996, pp. 306, 710; Gétreau 1988, p. 140; De Léry 1910, lot 392
Photographs:
On museum’s website (FB+S, head side; front, front 7/8, head 3/4 [color]); MacCracken 2017, p. 67 (front); Gétreau 1988, p. 140 (front 3/4, head 3/4)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
De Léry 1910, lot 392
Arched back. Neck original: nailed, and one piece with pegbox. 3 pegs treble, 2 bass side. Repaired in 1964 by G. Dupuy: new bridge and tailpiece, worm holes plugged (Gétreau 1996, p. 464). On display 8/02: carved scroll; 3 pegs treble, 2 bass side. (Cf. Herzog 2003, QT-28, which is said by museum staff to be the same as E.2363, but dimensions 37, 16/11.4/21, 2.2, 33 and previous owner given as “Collection Dupuy”.)