Carlo Ferdinando Landolfi, Milan, 1750
Violin: 45317
Labeled, "Paolo Antonio Testore Figlio di Carlo Giuseppe Testore in Contrada Larga di Milano al segno dell'Acquila 1758."
Back: Two-piece of faint medium curl
Top: of fine grain in the center, opening out towards the flanks
Scroll: ascribed to Carlo Antonio Testore, of plain wood
Ribs: of curl similar to back
Varnish: Light red-brown
Length of back: 35.8 cm
References
- Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, June 22, 1988, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)