Gioffredo Cappa, Saluzzo, c. 1696
Cello: 43865
Labeled, "Iofredus Cappa Fecit Salutus Anno 1696."
Back: Two-piece maple showing small curls
Varnish: Orange-brown
Length of back: 75.2 cm
Upper bouts: 34.9 cm
Middle bouts: 23.9 cm
Lower bouts: 43.3 cm
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Provenance
| Sold by Silvestre & Maucotel | |
| until 1917 | Boris Hambourg |
| ... | ... |
| from 1917 and in 1946 | W. G. Rasch |
| in 1947 | Sold by William Lewis & Son |
| ... | ... |
| in 2004 | Anonymous |
| from 2005 | Current owner |
Known players
Jean-Guihen Queyras
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Machold Rare Violins, Ltd, Vienna (2005) X-4394/5023.- Certificate: John & Arthur Beare, London (2004) CB/A375.
- Certificate: Silvestre & Maucotel, Paris
- Certificate: Lyon & Healy, Chicago, IL
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References
Violins & Violinists, January, 1946, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago (illustrated)- Private Archives - 10842
- Private Papers
- The Lewis Collection of Old Violins, Old Violas, Cellos & Bows (1947), William Lewis & Son, Chicago (illustrated)