Alessandro Gagliano, Naples, 1720, the 'Ara'


Viola: 42627

Labeled, "Alexander Gaglianus fecit Neap 1703."

Back: One-piece

Length of back: 40.7 cm

Upper bouts: 19.5 cm

Middle bouts: 13.7 cm

Lower bouts: 24 cm

There are 17 additional images in the archive which are not available publicly. Please contact us for more information.


Notes:

Listed as an instrument of 1703 by Sotheby's in their 6-11-2002 auction.

Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, June 11, 2002, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, June 11, 2002, London, London

Provenance

Ugo Ara
from 1930 Rudolph Wurlitzer Co.
until 1930 Current owner

Certificates & Documents

  • Letter: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1933) Alfred Hill explains that this instrument is one of only two violas by this maker known to him. The other was, apparently, sold by J.B. Vuillaume as the work of Guarneri del Gesù.
  • Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1933)

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References

  • Four Centuries of Violin Making: Fine Instruments from the Sotheby's Archive, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, Boston (illustrated)
  • Private Archives - 10842
  • Private Archives - 1610
  • Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, June 11, 2002, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)
  • Sotheby's Photo Archive
  • W. E. Hill & Sons Photographic Archive (illustrated)

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