Tommaso Balestrieri, Mantua, 1758
Violin: 59082
Labeled, "Thomas Balestrieri Cremonensis Fecit Mantuæ Anno 1758."
Back: in one piece of quarter-cut maple with medium-width flame, mostly horizontal.
Top: in two pieces of spruce with narrow-width grain broadening towards the edges
Scroll: in plainer maple.
Ribs: same
Varnish: of a reddish orange brown colour.
Length of back: 35.4 cm
Upper bouts: 16.4 cm
Lower bouts: 20.3 cm
Provenance
| in 2011 | Current owner |
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Andreas Post, Amsterdam (2011)
Certificate: Andreas Post, Amsterdam (2011)
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References
- Correspondence with owner, 5-23-2003