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 |
| ... | ... |
| 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)