Instrument

  • ID: 5497
  • Type: violin
  • Maker: Matteo Goffriller
  • Year built: 1689-1740*
  • City: Venice
  • Name:
 

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Label: later
Ribs: of wood similar to back
Table: of medium grain
Body Length: 35.0 cm.
Back: Two-piece of medium curl
Scroll: by another hand
Varnish: Golden brown

Photos

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  • front
  • back

Iconography Index

Color photos (front & back): Christie's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, December 2, 1994, New York, Christie's, 1994.


Auctions

Auction Date Note Estimate Hammer Price
Christie's, New York  Dec-02-1994    $40,000 - $50,000  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: Hart & Son, London, August 12, 1905. "... this violin is in our judgement the work of Antonio Stradivari period 1680, scroll not original."