Bernardo Calcagno, Genoa, 1743
Violin: 42021
Labeled, "Bernardus Calcanius fecit Genua Anno 1743."
Back: One-piece cut on the slab
Top: of pine of fine grain on the treble side and broad grain on the bass side
Scroll: of almost plain wood, cut on the quarter
Ribs: of wood similar to back
Varnish: Golden-brwon
Length of back: 35.3 cm
Provenance
| Sold by Silvestre & Maucotel | |
| Sold by Erich Lachmann | |
| Sold by Hamma & Co. | |
| Sold by Hug & Co. | |
| in 1977 | Sold by Sotheby's |
Certificates & Documents
Letter: Hamma & Co., Stuttgart (1973)
Certificate: Hamma & Co., Stuttgart (1931) With two photographs attached.
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References
Violins & Violinists, May-June, 1946, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago (illustrated)- Italian Violin Makers (1964), Karel Jalovec, Paul Hamlyn, London, 1964 (illustrated)
- Italienische Geigenbauer (1957), Karel Jalovec, Artia, Prague, 1957 (illustrated)
- Meisterwerke Italienischer Geigenbaukunst, Fridolin Hamma, Hamma & Co., Stuttgart (illustrated)
- Sotheby's Important Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, May 11-12, 1977, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)