Giovanni Battista Gabrielli, Florence, 1766


Violin: 44856

Bearing its original label, "Joannes Baptista de / Gabriellij florentinus / fecit 1766" and branded "GBG."

Back: Two-piece of medium curl ascending from the joint

Top: of medium grain

Scroll: of medium curl

Ribs: cut on the slab

Varnish: Golden-brown

Length of back: 35.3 cm

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Notes:

"Scroll attributed by Wurlitzer as " later Italian work". Repaired hairline rib fractures at upper treble. Two repaired face cracks under chinrest, three repaired hairline fractures (< 2cm) at upper edge of top. Repaired wing fractures. "

Skinner's Fine Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, October 11, 2009, Boston, Skinner, Skinner's Fine Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, October 11, 2009, Boston, Boston

Provenance

until 1949 Nathan Chaikin
in 1949 Sold by Rembert Wurlitzer Inc.
1949-1950 George Koch
1950-1958 Rembert Wurlitzer Inc.
from 1958 Roger N. Chittolini
until 1969 John Sved
1969-1971 Rembert Wurlitzer Inc.
from 1971 Jane Rinek
in 1994 Current owner

Certificates & Documents

  • Certificate: Rembert Wurlitzer Inc., New York, NY (1971) With photos attached, states that the instrument is original in all parts with the exception of the scroll, which is ascribed as a later Italian work.
  • Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1944) With photos attached.

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References

  • The Strad, January, 1994, Orpheus, London (illustrated)
  • Private Archives - 10842
  • Skinner's Fine Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, October 11, 2009, Boston, Skinner, Skinner, Boston (illustrated)
  • Sotheby Parke Bernet Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, June 13, 1983, New York, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, New York (illustrated)

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