• ID: 9671
  • Type: violin
  • Maker: Jacopo Brandini
  • Year built: 1825
  • City: Pisa
  • Name:
Back: One-piece of plain figure
Scroll: of narrow curl
Varnish: Light golden-orange
Upper Bout: 16.2 cm.
Lower Bout: 20.3 cm.
Ribs: of wood matching back
Table: of very open grain
Body Length: 35.3 cm.
Center Bout: 11.1 cm.

Photos

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  • front
  • back
  • scroll
  • f-hole

Iconography Index

Color photos (front, back, scroll & f-hole): Correspondence with Dai-Ting Chung, consultant for the Chi-Mei Foundation, December, 2007.

Provenance

Owner Owned From Owned In Owned Till Price paid
The Chi-Mei Culture Foundation   2006       
Bein & Fushi      2006   
...         

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: Bein & Fushi, Chicago, September 28, 2006. S4667A. "This violin is an interesting exaple of this rare maker's work and is in virtually new condition."

References

Correspondence with Dai-Ting Chung, consultant for the Chi-Mei Foundation, December, 2007.

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Posted Saturday, December 22, 2007 12:19 AM


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Sorry for the question, I could not resist:
If Brandini died "circa" 1805, how is possible that this violin was made in 1825?
The "circa" is over 20 years.
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