Carlo Ferdinando Landolfi, Milan, 1758
Viola: 75548
Labeled, "Carolus Ferdinandus Landulphus, fecit Mediolani in Via S. Margarita anno 1758."
Back: in two pieces of quarter cut maple with fine faint curl ascending from the center seam.
Top: in two pieces of spruce with medium width grain broadening toward the edges.
Scroll: of plainer maple.
Ribs: of similar wood.
Varnish: of an orange brown color.
Length of back: 38.8 cm
Upper bouts: 18.4 cm
Middle bouts: 12.8 cm
Lower bouts: 23.3 cm
Provenance
until 2016 | Anonymous |
in 2016 | Sold by Tarisio |
from 2016 | Current owner |
Known players
Gábor Ormai
Certificates & Documents
Letter: David Goodrich (photocopy), Boulder, CO (1988) stating the viola to be in possession of Gábor Ormai from the Takács Quartet.
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