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 |
| ... | ... |
| 1929-1960 | Joseph Vieland |
| 1960-1984 | Laurence C. Witten |
| 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)
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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)