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)