Lorenzo Storioni, Cremona, date unknown
Viola: 45290
Labeled, "Laurentius Storioni Fecit Cremona 1787."
Back: One-piece of poplar wood
Top: of medium grain in the center, opening out towards the flanks
Scroll: of faint medium curl
Ribs: of faint medium curl
Varnish: Red-brown
Length of back: 40.8 cm
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: John A. Gould, Boston, MA (1909) ". . . .to the best of our knowledge an belief a genuine specimen of the work of Laurentius Storioni"; also with correspondence providing some history of the instrument.
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References
Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, June 14, 1990, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)- Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, November 23-25, 1988, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)