Giovanni Paolo Maggini, Brescia, 1600
Viola: 42187
Back: One-piece, slab-cut, with lively grain
Ribs: regular, wide flaming
Varnish: Brown over light-brown base
Length of back: 41.3 cm
Upper bouts: 19 cm
Middle bouts: 12.66 cm
Lower bouts: 24.07 cm
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Provenance
| from 1956 | William Arthur Beare |
| until 1988 | John & Arthur Beare |
| from 1988 | Dr. Paolo Jori |
| from 1998 | Oesterreichische Nationalbank |
Known players
Veronica Hagen
Certificates & Documents
- Dendrochronology report: John C. Topham, Surrey (2013) Dating the youngest tree ring to 1607.
Certificate: Machold Rare Violins, Ltd, Vienna (1998) X-1359.
Letter: John & Arthur Beare, London (1988)- Certificate: John & Arthur Beare, London (1988)
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References
Gasparo da Salò e la liuteria bresciana tra Rinascimento e Barocco, Flavio Dassenno and Ugo Ravasio, editors, Fondazione Civilita Vresciana, Brescia (illustrated)
Gio Paolo Maggini, Exhibition - Brescia, Italy, 2007- Gio: Paolo Maggini in Brescia (exhibition catalog), nuovesettimanebaroche, Brescia (illustrated)
- Liutai in Brescia: 1520-1724, Eric Blot, Eric Blot Edizioni, Cremona (illustrated)
- The Strad, June, 1994, John Dilworth, Orpheus, London (illustrated)
- Masterpieces of Violin-Making: The Collection of Bowed Stringed Instruments of the Oesterreische Nationalbank, Rudolf Hopfner, Skira, Milan (illustrated)
- Private Papers
- Loan Exhibition of Stringed Instruments and Bows Commemorating the 70th Birthday of Simone Fernando Sacconi, Schuler Verlagsgesellschaft, Stuttgart (illustrated)
- Startseite - Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB)