Pietro Giovanni Mantegazza, Milan, 1796
Viola: 41130
Bearing its original label, "Petrus Joannes Mantegatia fecit Mediolani 1796."
Back: Two-piece
Top: of even-grained spruce
Varnish: Gold-brown
Length of back: 43.2 cm
Upper bouts: 21.05 cm
Middle bouts: 14.4 cm
Lower bouts: 26.1 cm
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Notes:
Dillworth suggest that despite the authentic label, this instrument, like most Mantegazza violas, was actually made by one of the brothers, Carlo or Francesco Mantegazza.Relative Values, John Dilworth, The Strad, September, 1984, London
Provenance
| in 2003 | Current owner |
Known players
Lawrence Dutton
The Strad, September, 1984, John Dilworth, London (illustrated)
