Gaspar Lorenzini, Piacenza, 1740
Violin: 46324
Back: Two-piece, with wings in the lower flanks
Top: of medium grain, broadening towards the flanks
Scroll: plainer
Ribs: plainer
Varnish: Golden-brown
Length of back: 35.5 cm
Upper bouts: 16.1 cm
Middle bouts: 11 cm
Lower bouts: 20 cm
Provenance
in 2006 | Sold by Reuning & Son Violins |
in 2007 | Chi-Mei Culture Foundation, Taiwan |
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Bein & Fushi, Inc, Chicago, IL (2006) Attributes the instrument to Gaspare Lorenzini.
Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London Attributes the instrument to Lorenzo Guadagnini.
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References
- Correspondence with Dai-Ting Chung, consultant for the Chi-Mei Foundation, November, 2007
Reuning & Son Violins Newsletter: Winter 2002-2003, Reuning & Son, Boston (illustrated)
Journal of the Violin Society of America, Vol. XIX, No. 2, Christopher Reuning, The Queens College Press, Flushing, NY (illustrated)