Giovanni Battista Genova, Turin, 1770, the 'Bisiach'
Viola: 47110
Photo courtesy of Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. For more information, contact Archivescenter@si.edu. (Digital images created using a handheld digital camera.)
Back: One-piece
Length of back: 43.3 cm
Upper bouts: 20.2 cm
Middle bouts: 13.8 cm
Lower bouts: 25.2 cm
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Provenance
in 1949 | Current owner |
References
- Private Archives - 10842
Reuning & Son Violins – Connoisseurs and Dealers in Violins, Violas, 'Cellos and Their Bows
The Strad, July, 2005, Philip J. Kass, Newsquest Specialist Media, London (illustrated)
The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)