Michele Deconet, Venice, 1764

Viola: 41444

FIT TO SCREEN FULL SIZE

Labeled, "Michele Deconet, fecit Venetijs anno, 1764 Sétembre."

Ventral pin to centre of back. Two concentric circular compass lines to centre of back, both running underneath label.

Back: in one piece of quarter cut maple with mainly horizontal broad-width flame.

Top: in two pieces of spruce with broad-width grain broadening toward the edges.

Scroll: of plainer maple.

Ribs: of similar wood.

Varnish: of a dark orange over a golden ground.

Length of back: 40.0 cm

Upper bouts: 18.5 cm

Middle bouts: 12.5 cm

Lower bouts: 23.2 cm

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Provenance

until 1920	Dwight J. Partello
from 1920 and in 1924	Lyon & Healy
in 1929	Sold by Lyon & Healy
until 1978	Jacques Français
from 1978	Dr David Josefowitz
in 2000	Royal Academy of Music, London
...	...
in 2013	Anonymous
until 2024	Anonymous
in 2024	Sold by Tarisio
from 2024	Current owner

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The Strad, January, 1999, David Rattray, Orpheus, London (illustrated)
Masterpieces of Italian Violin Making, David Rattray, Outline Press, London (illustrated)
Museum & Collections - What’s on - Royal Academy of Music
Lyon & Healy Rare Old Violins, Violas & Violoncellos (1929), Lyon & Healy, Chicago
The Emil Herrmann Collection - Part I, Andy Lim & Gregory Singer, Darling Publications, Cologne / New York (illustrated)
The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)
The Strad 2005 Calendar, Newsquest Specialist Media, London (illustrated)