• ID: 3865
  • Type: cello
  • Maker: Gioffredo Cappa
  • Year built: 1696
  • City: Unknown
  • Name:
Back: Two-piece maple showing small curls
Body Length: 75.4 cm.
Varnish: Orange-brown

Photos

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  • front, back & side

Iconography Index

Black-and-white photos (front, back & side): "Giofredo Cappa of Saluzzo", Ernest N. Doring, Violins & Violinists, January, 1946, 1946.

Black-and-white photos (front, back & side): The Lewis Collection of Old Violins, Old Violas, Cellos & Bows (1947), William Lewis & Son, Chicago, 1947.

Provenance

Owner Owned From Owned In Owned Till Price paid
...         
William Lewis & Son (Chicago)    1947     
W. G. Rasch  1917  1946     
Boris Hambourg       1917   
Silvestre & Maucotel (Paris)         
...         

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: Silvestre & Maucotel, Paris

Certificate: Lyon & Healy, Chicago

References

The Lewis Collection of Old Violins, Old Violas, Cellos & Bows (1947), William Lewis & Son, Chicago, 1947.

"Giofredo Cappa of Saluzzo", Ernest N. Doring, Violins & Violinists, January, 1946, 1946.

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I believe this instrument was purchased in 1947 by Katharine Brainard from the Chicago shop indicated in your history. It was in her possession until her death in 2002 and was recently sold as part of her estate by James McKean of Greenwich , CT., UUSA
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