Gasparo Bertolotti 'da Salò', Brescia, c. 1600
Viola: 40044
Back: One-piece; double-purfled with an elaborate clover-leaf design
Top: of pine
Ribs: of spotted maple
Varnish: Red-orange-brown
Length of back: 44.45 cm
Upper bouts: 21.7 cm
Middle bouts: 14.1 cm
Lower bouts: 25.2 cm
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Provenance
| in c. 1880 | Sold by Joseph Joachim |
| ... | ... |
| in 1929 | Sold by Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. |
| 1929-1960 | Joseph Vieland |
| 1960-1984 | Laurence C. Witten II |
| from 1984 | Shrine to Music, National Music Museum, South Dakota |
| in c. 2010 | Chi-Mei Culture Foundation |
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Jacques Français, New York, NY (1960)- Certificate: Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., New York, NY (1929)
- Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1929)
- Certificate: Silvestre & Maucotel, Paris (1921)
Certificate: Jacques Français, New York, NY (1960)Cozio holds copies of many certificates and other documents, some of which are available to view on request. Please contact us if you wish to view a particular document. (Note that we do not always have permission to share documents.)
References
Gaspar da Salo viola: Shrine to Music Museum- Luthiers Library (illustrated)
- Private Archives - 10072
- Private Archives - 10746
- Private Archives - 10842
- The History of the Viola, Volume II, Maurice W. Riley (illustrated)
