Anselmo Bellosio, Venice, 1785
Violin: 43134
Labeled, "Matteo Gofriller fecit Venetijs anno 1726."
Back: One-piece of medium curl ascending from left to right
Top: of pronounced broad grain
Scroll: of medium to narrow curl
Ribs: of medium and irregular curl
Varnish: Red-brown
Length of back: 35.8 cm
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Provenance
| in 1986 | Sold by Sotheby's |
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Max Möller & Son, Amsterdam (1986)- Certificate: Maurice Bourguignon, Brussels (1952) States that the instrument is a work of Gofriller.
Letter: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1947)
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References
The Strad 1994 Calendar, Orpheus Publications, London (illustrated)- Bongartz's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, May 8, 1995, Cologne, Bongartz's, Bongartz's, Cologne (illustrated)
- Four Centuries of Violin Making: Fine Instruments from the Sotheby's Archive, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, Boston (illustrated)
- Meister Italienischer Geigenbaukunst (8th Edition), Hamma & Co., Florian Noetzel Verlag, Wilhelmshaven (illustrated)
- Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, March 19, 1986, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)
- Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, November 1, 1994, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)
- Sotheby's Photo Archive
- W. E. Hill & Sons Photographic Archive (illustrated)