Matteo Goffriller, Venice, 1723, the 'Schley'
Violin: 42654
Back: One-piece curly maple with figure extending across its breadth
Top: of spruce of even, straight grain
Varnish: Ruby red
Notes:
Catalogued by Lyon & Healy as a Carlo Bergonzi instrument, it was later accepted as a work of Matteo Gofriller.Matteo Gofriller of Venice - Part IV, Ernest N. Doring, Violins & Violinists, October, 1949, Chicago
Provenance
| in 1916 | Sold by Lyon & Healy |
| until 1918 | Chaloner B. Schley |
| from 1918 and in 1922 | Lyon & Healy |
| ... | ... |
| in 1929 | Sold by Lyon & Healy |
References
Lyon & Healy, Rare Old Violins, Violas & Violonceollos (1916), Lyon & Healy, Chicago (illustrated)- Lyon & Healy, Rare Old Violins, Violas & Violoncellos (February, 1921), Lyon & Healy, Chicago (illustrated)
- Lyon & Healy Rare Old Violins, Violas & Violoncellos (August, 1919), Lyon & Healy, Chicago (illustrated)
- Violins & Violinists, October, 1949, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago (illustrated)
- Lyon & Healy Catalog of Rare Old Violins, 1922, Lyon & Healy, Chicago (illustrated)
- Lyon & Healy Rare Old Violins, Violas & Violoncellos (1929), Lyon & Healy, Chicago (illustrated)
- The Emil Hermann Collection - Part II, Andy Lim & Gregory Singer, Darling Publications, Cologne / New York (illustrated)
- The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)