Paolo Castello, Genoa, date unknown
Violin: 44740
Labeled, "Joannes Bat. Guadagnini Cremonensis fecit Placentiniae anno 1729."
Back: Two-piece of narrow curl ascending from the joint
Top: of pronounced medium grain, wider in the center than in the flanks
Scroll: of fainter narrow curl
Ribs: of wood similar to back
Varnish: Golden-brown
Length of back: 35.5 cm
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Konrad Leonhardt, Munich (1938) States that the instrument is the work of G. B. Guadagnini.- Certificate: August Herrmann, Berlin (1908)
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References
Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, March 19, 1986, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)