Domenico Montagnana, Venice, 1725
Violin: 42635
Labeled, "Dominicus Montagnana Sub Si- / gnum Cremonae Venetiis 17--."
Back: Two-piece with curl of medium width slanting upwards from the joint
Top: of spruce of very fine grain at center, opening slightly at the flanks
Scroll: of wood similar to back
Ribs: of wood similar to back
Varnish: Golden-orange brown
Length of back: 35.5 cm
Upper bouts: 16.9 cm
Lower bouts: 20.7 cm
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Notes:
Listed as an instrument of 1725 in some publications.Les Violons - Venetians Instruments, Les violons: Venetian instruments, paintings & drawings, Paris
Provenance
1885 - 1910 | Scrimgour |
... | ... |
from 1925 | Nathan E. Posner |
until 1953 | Arthur Herrmann |
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in 1997 | Current owner |
References
Domenico Montagnana: Esposizione di Strumenti ad Arco Convegno di Stud Concerti, Lendinara (illustrated)
Violins & Violinists, May, 1947, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago (illustrated)
Domenica Montagnana - "Lauter in Venetia": Exposition of Lendinara 1997, Carlson Cacciatori Neumann & C., Cremona (illustrated)
Les violons: Venetian instruments, paintings & drawings, Association pour la Promotion des Arts, Paris (illustrated)
The Classic Lines of Italian Violin Making, Carlo Vettori, Giardini Editori, Pisa (illustrated)
Three Centuries of Italian Violin Making, Artemio Versari, Edizioni Il Salabue, Cremona (illustrated)