Instrument

  • ID: 4428
  • Type: violin
  • Maker: Tomaso Balestrieri
  • Year built: 1749-1789*
  • City: Mantua
  • Name:
 

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Label: original: "Thomas Balestrieri Cremona, Fecit Mantua Anno 17--"
Ribs: of wood similar to back
Table: of pine of narrow to broad grain
Body Length: 35.4 cm.
Back: Two-piece of medium curl ascending from the joint
Scroll: of narrow curl
Varnish: Golden-brown

Photos

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  • front
  • back
  • head

Iconography Index

Order Black-and-white photo (scroll): Sotheby's Important Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, May 6, 1976, London, Sotheby's, London, 1976.

Order Color photos (front & back): Sotheby's Important Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, May 6, 1976, London, Sotheby's, London, 1976.


Auctions

Auction Date Note Estimate Hammer Price
Sotheby's, London  May-06-1976      For members only 

Including buyer's premium
Current record for maker and instrument type
Record at time of sale for maker and instrument type

Certificates

Certificate: Max Möller, Amsterdam, October 25, 1960