Paolo Castello, Genoa, 1778

Violin: 40932

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Labeled, "Paulus Castello fecit, Genuae Anno 1778."

Back: Two-piece maple with flame slanting downward slightly from the center joint, purfling inscribed and painted

Top: of medium to broad grain

Scroll: plain maple

Ribs: of wood similar to back

Varnish: Orange-brown on a golden ground

Length of back: 35.1 cm

Upper bouts: 15.6 cm

Middle bouts: 10.8 cm

Lower bouts: 19.9 cm

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Provenance

Certificate: Jacques Français, New York, NY (1995) #5100. States the violin is "genuine in all its parts."

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Bonhams Fine Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, March 19, 1997, London, Bonhams, Bonhams, London (illustrated)
eViolin
Skinner's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, May 7, 2006, Boston, Skinner, Skinner, Boston (illustrated)
The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)