Pietro Paolo Desideri, Ascoli Piceno, 1793
Viola: 17022
Labeled, "Petrus Paulus Desideri fecit in Ripaetransonia 1793."
Illustrated in "The Makers of Central Italy" by Florian Leonhard, pp. 116-119.
Back: in one piece of slab-cut maple.
Top: in two pieces of spruce with narrow-width grain broadening toward the edges.
Ribs: and head of similar wood.
Varnish: of a reddish golden-brown color.
Length of back: 38.4 cm
Upper bouts: 18.4 cm
Middle bouts: 12.4 cm
Lower bouts: 22.6 cm
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Provenance
| until 2009 | Anonymous |
| in 2009 | Sold by Tarisio |
| from 2009 | Anonymous |
| in 2022 | Anonymous |
| until 2023 | Anonymous |
| in 2023 | Sold by Tarisio |
| from 2023 | Current owner |
Certificates & Documents
Proforma Certificate: Tarisio, Berlin (2022)- Certificate: Dmitry Gindin, London (2022)
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References
Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, March 8, 2011, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)- Tarisio Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, May 7, 2009, New York, Tarisio, Tarisio, New York (illustrated)
- The Makers of Central Italy, Florian Leonhard, Florian Leonhard, Cremona (illustrated)