Domenico Busan, Venice, 1781
Bass: 44533
Back: Two-piece with irregular flame, cut on the slab, with original wings in all flanks; bears a branded signature at the top
Top: Four-piece spruce of narrow grain
Scroll: of plain maple
Varnish: Brown-reddish on a golden ground; very thick
Length of back: 117 cm
Upper bouts: 58 cm
Lower bouts: 68 cm
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Provenance
| in 1995 | Benedatto Marcello Collection |
References
Les violons: Venetian instruments, paintings & drawings, Association pour la Promotion des Arts, Paris (illustrated)- Liuteri Sonadori Venezia 1750–1870, Stefano Pio, Venice Research, Venice (illustrated)
- Looking at the Double Bass, Raymond Elgar, Stephen W. Fillo, Princeton (illustrated)
- The Strad 2005 Calendar, Newsquest Specialist Media, London (illustrated)