Camillo Camilli, Mantua, 1741
Violin: 69478
Back: One-piece maple with small and lively flames
Top: two pieces pine with a wider grain in the center and in the flanks
Scroll: maple matching the back
Ribs: plain maple
Varnish: deep orange color plentiful over all of instrument
Length of back: 35.5 cm
Upper bouts: 16.2 cm
Middle bouts: 11.3 cm
Lower bouts: 20.3 cm
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Provenance
until 1971 | Roger & Max Millant |
from 1971 | Current owner |
Certificates & Documents
- Certificate: Jacques Français, New York, NY (1972) #902. State the instrument "is genuine in all its parts."
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References
- Bonhams Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, June 16, 1999, Knightsbridge, Bonhams, Bonhams, London (illustrated)
- eViolin
- Private Archives - 1610
- The Strad, November, 2002, Orpheus, London (illustrated)
- The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)