DHV:
895
Tourin ID:
VIENNA 04
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
I
Brescia
Gasparo da Salo
Bertolotti
Date:
1580 C ?
Label Text:
Gaspar da Salò in Brescia [printed]
Body Shape:
Guitar
Current Location:
A
Vienna
No. of Strings:
-4
Collection:
Kunsthistorisches Museum
Sound Holes:
F
Catalog Number:
SAM 69 (Schlosser: C74)
Head:
Scroll
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Este Collection, Castle Catajo, near Padua, -1908 (probably since mid-17th C.)
Measurements:
Body Length:
63
String Length:
Rib Depth:
12.3
Upper Width:
28
Middle Width:
Bottom Width:
34
Information
Source:
PT visits 6/77 & 9/78
Literature:
Mucchi 1940, p. 203; Schlosser 1920, p. 63
Photographs:
Mucchi 1940, pl. XXXIII (front); Schlosser 1920, pl. XVII (front)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Tourin: overhanging edges, double purfling. Schlosser: probably converted to cello in 18th C.; inlaid fingerboard. Bertolotti’s dates are 1540-1609.