Angelo Soliani, Modena, 1791
Violin: 43943
Labeled, "Angelus Soliani Fecit Mutinæ 1791."
Branded to the inside back with the image of a sun.
Illustrated in "Die Geigen und Lautenmacher vom Mitteralter bis zur Gegenwart" by Willibald Leo von Lütgendorff, p. 512, in "Italian Violin Makers" by Karel Jalovec, p. 330 and in "Meisterwerke Italienischer Geigenbaukunst" by Fridolin Hamma, p. 253.
Back: in two pieces of slab-cut maple.
Top: in two pieces of spruce with broad-width grain broadening toward the edges.
Ribs: and head of similar wood.
Varnish: of a golden orange-brown color.
Length of back: 35.8 cm
Upper bouts: 16.8 cm
Middle bouts: 11.5 cm
Lower bouts: 20.7 cm
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Provenance
| Sold by Hamma & Co. | |
| until 2022 | Anonymous |
| in 2022 | Sold by Tarisio |
| from 2022 | Current owner |
Certificates & Documents
Proforma Certificate: Tarisio, Berlin (2022)- Certificate: Roland Baumgartner, Basel (2021)
- Certificate: Pierre Vidoudez (photocopy), Geneva (1975)
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References
Die Geigen und Lautenmacher vom Mitteralter bis zur Gegenwart, Willibald Freiherr von Lütgendorff, Frankfurter Verlags-Anstalt, Frankfurt am Main (illustrated)- Italian Violin Makers (1964), Karel Jalovec, Paul Hamlyn, London, 1964 (illustrated)
- Italienische Geigenbauer (1957), Karel Jalovec, Artia, Prague, 1957 (illustrated)
- Meisterwerke Italienischer Geigenbaukunst, Fridolin Hamma, Hamma & Co., Stuttgart (illustrated)
Die Geigen und Lautenmacher vom Mitteralter bis zur Gegenwart, Willibald Freiherr von Lütgendorff, Frankfurter Verlags-Anstalt, Frankfurt am Main (illustrated)
