Carlo Ferdinando Landolfi, Milan, c. 1770
Viola: 88917
Labeled, "Petrus Joannes Mantegatia fecit, Mediolani in Via S. Margaritae 1785."
Back: in two pieces of semi-slab cut maple with irregular flame of narrow-width ascending slightly from the center seam.
Top: in two pieces of spruce with broad-width grain broadening toward the edges.
Scroll: of slightly plainer maple.
Ribs: of similar wood.
Varnish: of an orange golden-brown color.
Length of back: 40.2 cm
Upper bouts: 18.8 cm
Middle bouts: 12.7 cm
Lower bouts: 23.4 cm
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Provenance
| in 1927 | Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons |
| from 1927 | Dr. F. G. Fenton |
| in 1939 | Sold by Henry Werro |
| from 1939 | Frau Rüfenacht |
| in 2019 | Rolf Zinkernagel |
| until 2023 | Anonymous |
| in 2023 | Sold by Tarisio |
| from 2023 | Current owner |
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Tarisio, London (2023)- Certificate: Henry Werro (photocopy), Bern (1939) (ascribing the viola to the work of Mantegazza)
- Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons (photocopy), London (1927) (ascribing the viola to the work of Mantegazza)
Certificate: Tarisio, London (2023)
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