Giovanni Paolo Maggini, Brescia, 1620
Violin: 44831
Bearing its original label, "Gio. Paolo Maggini in Brescia."
Back: Two-piece of narrow curl ascending from the joint
Top: of medium grain
Ribs: of wood similar to back
Varnish: Golden-orange
Length of back: 36.2 cm
Upper bouts: 17.2 cm
Middle bouts: 11.7 cm
Lower bouts: 21.3 cm
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Notes:
One of the instruments exhibited in Brescia in June, 2007 at the "Gio Paolo Maggini Secoli di dettagli" exhibition.Provenance
| in 2004 | Anonymous |
| in 2007 | Current owner |
Known players
Béla Papp
Certificates & Documents
- Dendrochronology report: John C. Topham, Surrey (2013) Dating the youngest tree ring to 1550.
Certificate: John & Arthur Beare, London (2003) #CB/A314. States that the instrument is "the work of Giovanni Paolo Maggini".- Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1910) States that the scroll is by Mariani.
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References
- Correspondence with owner, 5-23-2003
Gio Paolo Maggini, Exhibition - Brescia, Italy, 2007
Gio: Paolo Maggini in Brescia (exhibition catalog), nuovesettimanebaroche, Brescia (illustrated)- Italian & French Violin Makers: Volume 2, Jost Thöne, Jan Röhrmann, Jost Thöne Verlag, Cologne (illustrated)
- Liutai in Brescia: 1520-1724, Eric Blot, Eric Blot Edizioni, Cremona (illustrated)
- Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, March 20, 1992, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)