Pietro Antonio Dalla Costa, Treviso, c. 1711
Violin: 49491
Labeled, "Petrus Antonius a Costa fecit ad, similitudinem illorum quos fecerunt, Antonius & Hieronymus Fratres Amati, Cremonenses Filii Andreæ Tarvisii Anno 1722."
Back: One-piece cut on the slab
Length of back: 34.8 cm
Upper bouts: 15.9 cm
Middle bouts: 10.7 cm
Lower bouts: 19.7 cm
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Provenance
| Mignon | |
| until 1918 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| from 1918 | Miss R. King |
| until 1973 | Jacques Français |
| from 1973 | Current owner |
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Max Möller & Son, Amsterdam (1978)- Certificate: Jacques Français, New York, NY (1973) #955.
- Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London
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References
The Emil Herrmann Collection - Part I, Andy Lim & Gregory Singer, Darling Publications, Cologne / New York (illustrated)- The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)
- W. E. Hill & Sons Photographic Archive (illustrated)