Giuseppe Antonio Ceruti, Mantua, 1855
Small Violin: 49571
Bearing its original label, "Joseph Ceruti filius Joannis Baptistae Cremonensis fecit anno 1855."
Back: Two-piece
Top: of open medium grain
Scroll: of very faint narrow curl
Varnish: Golden-brown
Length of back: 34.8 cm
Upper bouts: 15.9 cm
Middle bouts: 10.7 cm
Lower bouts: 20.3 cm
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Provenance
| from 2007 | Chi-Mei Culture Foundation |
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Eric Blot, Cremona (2007)
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References
Bonhams Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, November 11, 2002, London, Bonhams, Bonhams, London (illustrated)- Correspondence with Dai-Ting Chung, consultant for the Chi-Mei Foundation, November, 2007
- Private Archives - 10072
- The Late Cremonese Violin Makers, Dmitry Gindin, Editioni Novecento, Cremona (illustrated)
- The Legend of Italian Violins: Brescian and Cremonese Violin Makers 1550-1950, Dai Ting Chung, Wen-Lo Shi (illustrated)