Gasparo Bertolotti 'da Salò', Brescia, c. 1580, the 'Kievman'

Viola: 40873

FIT TO SCREEN FULL SIZE

Labeled, "Gasparo Da Salo in Brescia."

Back: Two-piece cut on the half slab; ornamented; double purfled

Top: with double-purfling

Length of back: 39.2 cm

Upper bouts: 19.5 cm

Middle bouts: 13.1 cm

Lower bouts: 24.3 cm

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Notes:

Probably the only small Gasparo viola in existence.

Provenance

Louis Kievman

Certificate: Jacques Français, New York, NY (1989) #2923. "Grade: A+"
Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1924) "This viola is a most interesting example of the maker inasmuch as it is the only one of relatively small dimensions we have ever come across, for it has never been reduced in size and is as it was originally made."
Certificate: Rembert Wurlitzer Inc., New York, NY

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The Strad, March, 1969, London (illustrated)
The Strad, December, 1999, Orpheus, London (illustrated)
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The Strad, December, 1999, John Dilworth, Orpheus, London (illustrated)
Journal of the Violin Society of America, Vol. V, No. 1, Maurice W. Riley, The Violin Society of America, Flushing, NY (illustrated)
The History of the Viola, Volume I, Maurice W. Riley (illustrated)
The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)
The Strad, essential reading for the string music world since 1890