Instrument

  • ID: 5827
  • Type: violin
  • Maker: Matteo Goffriller
  • Year built: 1689-1740*
  • City: Venice
  • Name:
 

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Label: "Francesco Gobetti fevit Venetus 1712"
Ribs: of fainter curl
Table: of fine grain in the center, opening out towards the flanks
Body Length: 35.7 cm.
Back: One-piece, cut on the slab, of faint medium curl descending from left to right
Scroll: plain
Varnish: Orange-brown

Photos

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Iconography Index

Order Black-and-white photos (front & back): Sotheby's Important Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, November 20, 1980, London, Sotheby's, London, 1980.

Order Black-and-white photos (front & back): Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, June 24, 1980, London, Sotheby's, London, 1980.

Color photos (front & back): Bongartz's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, November 12, 1981, Köln, Bongartz's, Cologne, 1981.

Order Color photos (front & back): Sotheby's Highly Important Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, November 8-9, 1978, London, Sotheby's, London, 1978.


Auctions

Auction Date Note Estimate Hammer Price
Bongartz's, Köln  Nov-12-1981    DM 50,000 - DM 90,000   
Sotheby's, London  Nov-20-1980  attributed to  £6,000 - £8,000  For members only 
Sotheby's, London  Jun-24-1980  attributed to  £5,000 - £7,000  For members only 
Sotheby's, London  Nov-08-1978    £15,000 - £20,000  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

Letter: Giuseppe Ornati, Milan, June 14, 1950