DHV:
874
Tourin ID:
UCLA 4
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
NL
Amsterdam
Pieter
Rombouts
Date:
1708
Label Text:
Pieter Rombouts / Amsterdam 1708
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
USA
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Private Collection
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
Head:
Female
Private Owner:
Yes
Previous Owner:
University of California at Los Angeles, no. 604007649-24 (formerly 3-22); Erich Lachmann, Los Angeles, -1961; Staatliche Hochschule, Berlin; C.C. Snoeck, Ghent (no. 479 in 1894 catalogue)
Measurements:
Body Length:
65.2
String Length:
64.1
Rib Depth:
12.3
Upper Width:
30.3
Middle Width:
22.7
Bottom Width:
37.6
Information
Source:
TGM visit 7/92
Literature:
Christie’s 10/13/09, lot 168; Lachmann 1950, p. 30; Sachs 1922, col. 117; Snoeck 1894, p. 101
Photographs:
Christie’s 10/13/09, lot 168 (F+B, head 3/4 [color]); Lachmann 1950, p. 31 (front 7/8); Lütgendorff 1922, 1:155 (front 7/8)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Christie’s 2009/10/13, lot 168
Not included in Moens 1994. Sachs, Snoeck: neck and head not original; but note that Sachs says this about “der Hals mit der unausgearbeitete Schnecke” (as also shown in Lütgendorff’s illustration), while Lachmann shows it with a head, which must therefore date from the 2Q20C--probably made for, perhaps even by, Lachmann, possibly including a 3rd-generation neck. Lachmann: black and brown whalebone purfling on table. “The instrument, fully covered with the original, golden-reddish varnish, is in practically perfect condition.” “A second label, showing a heraldic figure with the initials PT (engraved by Norbert Haylbrouck, Bruges, XVIIIth century), was apparently inserted by an early owner of the viol.” Acquired by Lachmann from Staatliche Sammlung Berlin “though an exchange of instruments”. Tourin dimensions 110.5, 65, 30.6/-/36.8, 12.2, - (converted from Lachmann’s inches); museum dimensions 65.4, 30.3/22.3/37.3, 12.3, 64.1; Christie’s: length of back 65.5.