Tommaso Balestrieri, Mantua, 1760
Violin: 44032
Labeled, "Thomas Balestrieri Cremonensis fecit Mantua Anno 1756."
Back: One-piece cut on the slab
Top: of medium grain, opening out towards the flanks
Scroll: of very faint curl
Ribs: cut on the quarter, of broad curl
Varnish: Golden
Length of back: 35.4 cm
Upper bouts: 16.5 cm
Middle bouts: 11.3 cm
Lower bouts: 20.5 cm
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Notes:
[translated from the Dutch]: "On this particular example Balestrieri used an orange varnish of an excellent composition. The varnish is of a soft texture which is particularly good for the sound of the instrument. The illustrated violin has, as with most of Balestrieri's work, a very beautiful sound quality."Italiaansche Vioolbouw, Max Möller & Son, Italiaansche Vioolbouw, Amsterdam
Provenance
| Sold by Max Möller & Son | |
| in 1933 | Sold by Puttick & Simpson |
| ... | ... |
| in 1939 | E. F. van Suchtelen |
| ... | ... |
| in 1978 | Sold by Sotheby's |
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Max Möller & Son, Amsterdam (1934)- Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1898)
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References
Four Centuries of Violin Making: Fine Instruments from the Sotheby's Archive, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, Boston (illustrated)- Italiaansche Vioolbouw, Max Möller & Son, Max Möller N. V., Amsterdam (illustrated)
- Italian Violin Makers (1964), Karel Jalovec, Paul Hamlyn, London, 1964
- Sotheby's Important Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, May 16, 1978, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)
- Sotheby's Photo Archive
- The Strad, August, 1939, London (illustrated)