DHV:
948
Tourin ID:
Size:
Treble ?
Place Made:
Maker:
D
Date:
Label Text:
[“Francesca Rugeri” ?]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
GB
Maidstone
No. of Strings:
-4
Collection:
Maidstone Museum & Art Gallery
Sound Holes:
Flame
Catalog Number:
MNEMG 38.1960a
Head:
Scroll
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
“Given by G.M. Bunyard and formerly in the Whittaker Collection” ( -1960?)
Measurements:
Body Length:
37
String Length:
Rib Depth:
Upper Width:
Middle Width:
Bottom Width:
Information
Source:
Museum to TGM, 12/08; Bevan 1990, p. 70
Literature:
Bevan 1990, p. 70
Photographs:
[Unpublished, from museum: F+S, F+B body only, head front + back 3/4, tailgut button, detail of lower treble rib (color)]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Bevan 1990: “a viol converted to a violin c. 1670”; museum’s website: “a 17th c. viola da gamba; probably originally a German viola d’amore, converted to a small viola. Museum: “Tail-piece, fingerboard and neck modern. The rest belonged to a viol made by Francesca Rugeri circa 1670” (reasons for this claim are unclear). 1-piece table and back, both with purfling; rosette. Corners slightly pointed, table with clear recurve, back flat with fold.