Paolo Antonio Testore, Milan, 1737
Cello: 44565
Labeled, "Paolo Antonio Testore figlio di Carlo Giuseppe Testore in Contrada Larga di Milano al segno del'aquila 1737."
Back: Two-piece of medium curl
Top: of medium grain
Ribs: of narrow curl
Varnish: Golden-brown
Length of back: 74.6 cm
Upper bouts: 35 cm
Middle bouts: 24.5 cm
Lower bouts: 44.1 cm
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Notes:
"This instrument has been modified in form."Sotheby's Important Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, November 22, 1973, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's Important Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, November 22, 1973, London, London
Provenance
| in 1901 | Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons |
| ... | ... |
| from 1901 and in c. 1910 | Mary Bridson |
| ... | ... |
| in 1916 | Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons |
| from 1916 | F N H Wills |
| until 1973 | Rendcomb College |
| in 1973 | Sold by Sotheby's |
| from 1973 | Andov |
| from c. 1975 | William Moennig & Son |
| c. 1975-c. 2020 | Anonymous |
| from c. 2020 | Current owner |
References
- Private Archives - 10746
Sotheby's Important Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, November 22, 1973, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)- Journal of the Violin Society of America, Vol. XIV, No. 3, Philip J. Kass, The Queens College Press, Flushing, NY (illustrated)
Sotheby's Important Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, November 22, 1973, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)
