Instrument

  • ID: 14478
  • Type: viola
  • Maker: Giuseppe Desiato
  • Year built: 1851-1898*
  • City: Naples
  • Name:
 

ndicates that because the date is unknown the entire span of the luthier's working years is givenIndicates that because the date is unknown the entire span of the luthier's working years is given

Back: Two-piece

Photos

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  • front, back & side

Iconography Index

The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., Box 10: Black-and-white photos (front, back & side).


Provenance

Owner Owned From Owned In Owned Till Price paid
...         
Herbert Hult  1986      For members only 
Jacques Francais      1986   
...         

Current owner Current owner
Indicates that the owner is or was also a musician Indicates that the owner is or was also a musician

Certificates

Certificate: Jacques Francais, New York. #2696.

References

The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., Box 10.