Don Nicola Marchioni 'Don Nicolo Amati', Bologna, 1720
Small Violin: 42076
Labeled, "Dominicus Montagnana Sub / Signum Cremonae Venetiis 173?."
Back: Two-piece
Varnish: Ruby-red
Length of back: 34.8 cm
Upper bouts: 15.9 cm
Middle bouts: 10.6 cm
Lower bouts: 19.9 cm
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Provenance
| Sold by Bongartz's | |
| in 2003 | Current owner |
Known players
Yuki Koike
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: W. H. Hammig & Co., Berlin (1952) Ascribes the instrument to Montagnana 173x.- Certificate: Hamma & Co., Stuttgart (1949) Ascribes the instrument to Montagnana 1733.
Letter: Emil Herrmann, New York, New York, NY Ascribes the instrument to Dom Nicolo Amati.
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References
Bongartz's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, May 13, 2000, Cologne, Bongartz's, Bongartz's, Cologne (illustrated)- E-mail correspondence with Yuki Koike, October, 2003
- Four Centuries of Violin Making: Fine Instruments from the Sotheby's Archive, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, Boston (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)
- Peter Biddulph photographic archives
- Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, June 11, 2002, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)
- Sotheby's Photo Archive