DHV:
332
Tourin ID:
HAGUE 08
Size:
Treble ?
Label Text:
Place Made:
I, Naples
Maker:
Giuseppe
Gagliano
Date:
1765
Joseph Gaglianus Filius / Nicolai fecit Neap. 1765 [printed except 65]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
NL, The Hague
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Gemeentemuseum
Sound Holes:
Flame
Catalog Number:
MUZ-1975-0007 (0841346)
Head:
Scroll
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Carel van Leeuwen Boomkamp, -1975 (no. 4)
Measurements:
Body Length:
36.5
String Length:
33.9
Rib Depth:
4.2
Upper Width:
17.1
Middle Width:
11.4
Bottom Width:
21.4
Information Source:
Boomkamp 1971, pp. 9-10; PT visits 6/77 & 9/78
Literature:
Boomkamp 1971, pp. 9-10
Photographs:
Danks 1979, p. 46 (front); Boomkamp 1971, p. 30 (front)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Arched back, shallow ribs, viola neck and scroll but 6 strings; tailpiece attached to hook in bottom block; “inner fittings those of the violin [family]”. Back and ribs of beech, neck and pegbox probably birch. Boomkamp: “treble viol”; museum database: “Diskant viola da gamba”; Danks 1979: viola d’amore, 6/-.