Giuseppe Gagliano, Naples, 1785
Small Violin: 44765
Labeled, "Joseph Gagliano Filius Nicolai et Nepos Januarius Fecit Neapoli 1785."
Back: Two-piece of almost plain wood
Top: of medium grain
Scroll: of faint medium curl
Ribs: of faint medium curl
Varnish: Golden-brown
Length of back: 29.6 cm
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Notes:
A child's violin.Sotheby's Highly Important Musical Instruments Part I Auction Catalog, April 7, 1983, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's Highly Important Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, April 7, 1983, Part I, London, London
"This violin is set up as a Violino Piccolo, and has been on tour recently for use in the Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 and the Cantata No. 140 by Bach."
Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, March 27, 1990, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, March 27, 1990, London, London
Provenance
| Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons | |
| in 1983 | Sold by Sotheby's |
| ... | ... |
| in 1990 | Sold by Sotheby's |
| in 1995 | Hans-Josef Thomas |
| ... | ... |
| in 2002 | Sold by Sotheby's |
| in 2004 | Current owner |
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1983)
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References
Four Centuries of Violin Making: Fine Instruments from the Sotheby's Archive, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, Boston (illustrated)- Kleine Geigen - Grosse Meister (Exhibition, Aachen, May 1995), Verband Deutscher Geigenbauer und Bogenmacher, Aachen (illustrated)
- The Strad, January, 2004, John Dilworth, Newsquest Specialist Media, London
- Sotheby's Highly Important Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, April 7, 1983, Part I, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)
- Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, March 27, 1990, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)
- Sotheby's Photo Archive
- The Strad 2004 Calendar, Newsquest Specialist Media, London (illustrated)