Gasparo Bertolotti 'da Salò', Brescia, c. 1609
Viola: 43824
Bearing its original label, "Gasparo da Salo, in Brecia."
Large tenor with original neck.
Back: Two-piece, quarter-cut
Top: of pine of fine grain
Scroll: original
Ribs: slab-cut, marked by a wavy figure
Varnish: Golden-brown
Length of back: 44.37 cm
Upper bouts: 21.5 cm
Middle bouts: 14.1 cm
Lower bouts: 25.5 cm
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Notes:
Instrument #1066 as the 1904 Exhibit at the Fishmonger's Hall, London.1904 Loan Exhibition at Fishmonger's Hall, Catalog for the Special Loan Exhibition of Musical Instruments, Manuscripts, Portraits and other Mementos, Fishmonger's Hall, London
Provenance
| Duke of Modena | |
| in 1904 and until 1939 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| ... | ... |
| from 1939 | Ashmolean Museum, Hill Collection, University of Oxford |
References
- Catalog for the Special Loan Exhibition of Musical Instruments, Manuscripts, Portraits and other Mementos, Fishmonger's Hall, London
Gasparo da Salo: architetto del suono (exhibition catalog), Flavio Dasseno, curator, cremonabooks, Cremona (illustrated)- Gasparo da Salò, A. M. Mucchi, Editore Ulrico Hoepli, Milan (illustrated)
- Gasparo da Salò e la liuteria bresciana tra Rinascimento e Barocco, Flavio Dassenno and Ugo Ravasio, editors, Fondazione Civilita Vresciana, Brescia (illustrated)
- Il Legno si fa Musica, le mostre della Cassa di Risparmio, Verona (illustrated)
- Liutai in Brescia: 1520-1724, Eric Blot, Eric Blot Edizioni, Cremona (illustrated)
- Musical Instruments in the Ashmolean Museum: The Complete Collection, John Milnes, editor, Oxford Musical Instrument Publishing, Oxford (illustrated)
- Stringed Instruments: Viols, Violins, Citterns, and Guitars in the Ashmolean Museum, Harvey S. Whistler, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (illustrated)
- The Hill Collection of Musical Instruments, David D. Boyden, Oxford University Press, London (illustrated)
- The History of Violin Playing from its origins to 1761, David D. Boyden, Oxford University Press, London (illustrated)
- The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)
- The Strad 2002 Calendar, Orpheus Publications, London (illustrated)
Gasparo da Salo: architetto del suono (exhibition catalog), Flavio Dasseno, curator, cremonabooks, Cremona (illustrated)
