Alessandro Gagliano, Naples, c. 1710

Violin: 107530

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Labeled, "Alexander Gaglianus Fecit Neap. 1710." and "S-69."

Sold with a copy of The Strad (July 1976).
Labeled, "S_69."

Back: One-piece, with broad flames descending from left to right

Top: with wide grain on the right side and finer grain on the left

Scroll: of wood similar to one of the sides

Ribs: of very small curl

Varnish: Reddish brown

Length of back: 35.2 cm

Upper bouts: 16 cm

Middle bouts: 10.6 cm

Lower bouts: 20 cm

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Notes:

This instrument is a twin to the "Rotondo" Gagliano of 1710 (ID=881).

Alessandro Gagliano, The Strad, July, 1976, London

Provenance

in 1921	Rosen
...	...
in 1945	Dr. T. W. Buschmann
until 1968	Everet Nowell
in 1968	David Wulkan
in 1970	Sold by Rembert Wurlitzer Inc.
1970-1970	Harold Kohon
from 1971	Anonymous
in 1976	Jerry G. Forestieri
...	...
in 2011	Peter Buschoff
in 2015	Anonymous
in 2016	Current owner

Proforma Certificate: Tarisio, Berlin (2024)
Certificate: Charles Beare, London (2015)
Letter: Benjamin Schröder, Frankfurt (2011)
Certificate: Machold Rare Violins, Ltd, Vienna (1990) X-615.
Certificate: Rembert Wurlitzer Inc., New York, NY (1977) "… an exceptional example of the maker's work."
Certificate: Otto Möckel, Berlin (1921)

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The Strad, July, 1976, London (illustrated)
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