Matteo Goffriller, Venice, 1710, the 'Funkhauser'
Viola: 47448
Bearing a facsimile label, dated 1729.
Back: One-piece, cut on the slab.
Scroll: Not original.
Length of back: 40.67 cm
Upper bouts: 19.27 cm
Middle bouts: 12.6 cm
Lower bouts: 23.6 cm
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Notes:
Shown at the Exhibition of Venetian instruments in Boston, May, 2002.The Violinmakers of Venice, The Violinmakers of Venice: 1582-1885 (CD-ROM), Boston
Provenance
| from 2006 | Dextra Musica |
Certificates & Documents
- Dendrochronology report: John C. Topham, Surrey Dating the youngest tree ring to 1667.
Certificate: Emil Herrmann, New York, New York, NY #6705.- Certificate: Rembert Wurlitzer Inc., New York, NY
- Certificate: William Moennig & Son, Philadelphia, PA
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References
Ole Bull 2010: Dextra Musica Collection, John Dilworth, Bergen (illustrated)- Private Archives - 10746, William Moennig & Son
- The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)
- The Violinmakers of Venice: 1582-1885 (CD-ROM), Reuning & Son Violins, Boston (illustrated)