Gasparo Bertolotti 'da Salò', Brescia, c. 1590, the 'Harshman, Sandeman'

Viola: 44671

FIT TO SCREEN FULL SIZE

Labeled, illegibly and bearing an inventory number "8552."

Back: Two-piece

Length of back: 44.2 cm

Upper bouts: 21.8 cm

Middle bouts: 16.6 cm

Lower bouts: 27.9 cm

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Provenance

	Sold by Charles Adolph Maucotel
	H.M. Bower
from c. 1870	John Sharpe
from c. 1885 and in 1885	Herbert Symes
until 1936	Ernest A. Sandeman
in 1937	Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons
in 1939	Sold by Rudolph Wurlitzer Co.
from 1939	Jascha Veissi
until 1964	William Moennig & Son
from 1964	Allan Harshman
until 1987	Jacques Français
from 1987	Deutsche Bank
c. 2005-c. 2015	Anonymous
from c. 2018	Current owner

Certificate: John & Arthur Beare, London (2009)
Certificate: Jacques Français, New York, NY (1987) #2707. "Grade: A++"
Certificate: Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., New York, NY (1939)
Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1934)
Letter: Arthur F. Hill, London (1934)
Certificate: William Moennig & Son, Philadelphia, PA Dates the instrument to circa 1560.

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Gasparo Bertolotti da Salo, Robert E. Andrews, Berkeley, Berkeley
Private Archives - 10746
Private Archives - 10842
Private Papers
The History of the Viola, Volume I, Maurice W. Riley (illustrated)
The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)
W. E. Hill & Sons Photographic Archive (illustrated)

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