Bass viol

anonymous, c. 1700

This bass viol has a dubious label bearing with the name 'John Roos'. This falsification was probably intended to suggest the renowned 16th-century English viol maker John Rose. They are more likely late 17th-century viols by the famous Pieter Rombouts of Amsterdam or someone of his school. Unusually, the seven-stringed instrument still has its original carrying case.

  • Artwork typebowed instrument, musical instrument, stringed instrument, viola da gamba
  • Object numberBK-NM-5869
  • Dimensionslength 114 cm x width 40 cm x height 20 cm
  • Physical characteristicsnotenhout, vurenhout, ebbenhout, darm en metaal

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Bass viol

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-NM-5869

  • Description

    Basviola da gamba met zes snaren, de krul eindigend in vrouwenhoofd.

Creation

  • Creation

    • musical instrument maker: anonymous, Amsterdam
    • musical instrument maker: circle of Pieter Rombouts, Amsterdam [rejected attribution]
    • musical instrument maker: John Roos, Amsterdam [rejected attribution]

  • Dating

    c. 1700

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    notenhout, vurenhout, ebbenhout, darm en metaal

  • Dimensions

    length 114 cm x width 40 cm x height 20 cm

Acquisition and rights

Documentation

    • Gesina Liedmeier; Michael Latcham, 'Two bass viols labelled John Roos at the Gemeentemuseum, The Hague', The Galpin Society Journal 62, (Apr., 2009), p. 167-181, 198-199, afb. 1, 3, 5, 7, 10
    • L.G. Langwill, 'Musikinstrumenten-Sammlung des Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ausgestellt im Gemeente Museum, Den Haag 9. Oktober - 24. November 1952', Glareana: Nachrichten der Gesellschaft der Freunde alter Musikinstrumente 2, nr. 2 (1953), p. 1-3: 2

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