Object Description

Jacob Huber (dates unkown) Basel, dated 1767Spruce with colored floral paper motives (belly); beech (back, ribs); metal (strings)peg-box with animal head, open in the back; ten laterally Inserted pegs 13 frets (brass, fingerboard); five double cours.esI. 78 cm, 40,5 cm (belly), 45,5 cm (vibrating strings); h. 6,5-5,8 cm (ribs)Purchaselnv. 1900.92.IACOB HUBER/ in Basel. (printed) 1767 (manuscript) (paper, top-plate)In 1778 Nicolas Lejeune painted a portrait of Johannes and Anna-Maria Von der Muhll-Faesch, one for each, on the occasion of their wedding.The cittern played by Anna-Maria is very similar to the exhibited instrument by J. J. Huber, which is only slightly older (Basel, 1767).Citterns were very popular at that time. They were used mainly by female persons to make music in the home and to accompany their own singing.Nicolas Lejeune (1750–after1804)Portrait of Anna-Maria Von der Muhll-Faesch (1760–1778)Paris (?), 1778 oil on canvash. 73,5 cm; b. 64,5 cm (with frame) Solothurn, private collection