Giuseppe Antonio Rocca, Genoa, 1854
Violin: 46364
Labeled, "JOSEPH ROCCA fecit Genua anno Domini 1854" and branded "G. R." in the mortice of the pegbox and on the lower bass block.
Back: One-piece of broad curl ascending from left to right
Top: of open grain
Scroll: of wood similar to back
Ribs: of wood similar to back
Varnish: Orange-red
Length of back: 35.4 cm
Upper bouts: 16.9 cm
Lower bouts: 20.9 cm
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Notes:
"The text entry in Azzolina's work ['Liuteria Italiana'] alludes to this violin being the second violin in a quartet constructed in 1853-1854. Azzolina illustrates the first violin, a Stradivari copy, and the viola, as 'plate 30 & 32' respectively."Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, March 21, 1995, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, March 21, 1995, London, London
"This violin is in exceptional condition and still has the original pegs."
Correspondence with Wolfgang Hamberger
Provenance
| in 1995 | Sold by Sotheby's |
| until 2008 | Current owner |
Known players
Leonidas Kavakos
References
Andrew Schaw | Connoisseur and Dealer in Violins, Violas, Cellos, and Bows | Home- Correspondence with Wolfgang Hamberger, November, 2008
- Four Centuries of Violin Making: Fine Instruments from the Sotheby's Archive, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, Boston (illustrated)
- Liuteria Italiana dell'ottocento e del novecento, Professor Umberto Azzolina, Casa Editrice Geschina, Milan (illustrated)
- Private Archives - 1610
- Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, March 21, 1995, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)
- Sotheby's Photo Archive
Four Centuries of Violin Making: Fine Instruments from the Sotheby's Archive, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, Boston (illustrated)
