DHV:
784
Tourin ID:
SCHOLZ 3
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
GB
London
John
Rose
Date:
1580 C
Label Text:
[None]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
USA
New York, NY
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
1989.44
Head:
Open scroll
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Janos Scholz, New York, late 1970s-1989; David Sackson, Connecticut; Josef Settin, New York; Sumner Healey, New York
Measurements:
Body Length:
71.4
String Length:
65.5
Rib Depth:
12.7
Upper Width:
32.7
Middle Width:
25
Bottom Width:
39.7
Information
Source:
TGM visit 8/92; Monical 1989a, p. 23; typescript by Janos Scholz, 1988
Literature:
Kaycoff 1992, p. 6; Monical 1989a, p. 23
Photographs:
On museum’s website (FB+S, head B+S [color]); [not in Monical 1989a, p. 23]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Purchased by Scholz in New York (in late 1970s, for $1500) as fragments in a linen bag; had been disassembled by NY violin-maker Josef Settin. (Was a cello when he acquired it from estate of NY antique dealer Sumner Healey, in whose shop Scholz had first seen it in 1933-34.) Rebuilt by Jacob van de Geest, 1981-84, who thought it might be by John Rose or his shop. 3-piece table probably from 18C cello conversion; many other alterations; neck, pegbox, scroll, fittings and internal parts not original. Many inconsistencies in ornamentation, proportion, and style. Hebbert 2/06 (talk at MMA to VdGS of GNY): profuse decoration of back suggests Rose (Sr.), both overall and in specific motives. Tourin/Monical dimensions 71.4, 32.7/24.9/39.8, 12.7, 65.4.