Gasparo Bertolotti 'da Salò', Brescia, c. 1590, the 'Harshman, Sandeman'
Viola: 44671
Labeled, illegibly and bearing an inventory number "8552."
Back: Two-piece
Length of back: 44.2 cm
Upper bouts: 21.8 cm
Middle bouts: 16.6 cm
Lower bouts: 27.9 cm
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Provenance
| Sold by Charles Adolph Maucotel | |
| H.M. Bower | |
| from c. 1870 | John Sharpe |
| from c. 1885 and in 1885 | Herbert Symes |
| until 1936 | Ernest A. Sandeman |
| in 1937 | Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons |
| in 1939 | Sold by Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. |
| from 1939 | Jascha Veissi |
| until 1964 | William Moennig & Son |
| from 1964 | Allan Harshman |
| until 1987 | Jacques Français |
| from 1987 | Deutsche Bank |
| c. 2005-c. 2015 | Anonymous |
| from c. 2018 | Current owner |
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: John & Arthur Beare, London (2009)- Certificate: Jacques Français, New York, NY (1987) #2707. "Grade: A++"
- Certificate: Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., New York, NY (1939)
- Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1934)
Letter: Arthur F. Hill, London (1934)- Certificate: William Moennig & Son, Philadelphia, PA Dates the instrument to circa 1560.
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References
- Gasparo Bertolotti da Salo, Robert E. Andrews, Berkeley, Berkeley
- Private Archives - 10746
- Private Archives - 10842
- Private Papers
The History of the Viola, Volume I, Maurice W. Riley (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)