Gioffredo Cappa, Saluzzo, 1687
Violin: 41848
Back: Two-piece, with pretty, small figure
Top: Fine-grained spruce
Scroll: original
Varnish: Golden-brown
Length of back: 35.6 cm
Upper bouts: 16.55 cm
Middle bouts: 11 cm
Lower bouts: 20.3 cm
Provenance
until 1930 | Kenneth Warren & Son |
in 1931 | Sold by Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. |
in 1935 | Sold by Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. |
in 1939 | Sold by Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. |
from 1939 | John L. Eichstadt |
in 1956 | Current owner |
Certificates & Documents
- Certificate: Machold Rare Violins, Ltd, Vienna (1992) X-171.
- Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1956)
- Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1933)
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References
- Private Papers
- Lyon & Healy Rare Old Violins, Violas & Violoncellos (1931), Part 1, Lyon & Healy, Chicago (illustrated)