Neapolitan Violin, Gagliano Family, Ascribed to Ferdinando Gagliano, c. 1756

Description:

Neapolitan Violin, Gagliano Family, Ascribed to Ferdinando Gagliano, c. 1756, labeled FERDINANDUS GAGLIANO FILIUS, NICOLAI FECIT NEAP 1756, length of back 350 mm.

Certificates: Emil Herrmann, Berlin, 1932, William Moennig & Son, Philadelphia, January 10, 1958.
Estimate $90,000-120,000

Very good. Inlaid under block area of back, reinforcing button repair. No other interior inlay patches, no soundpost crack. Interior cleats on inside top near neck joint. Varnish is very pure under UV scan. Small inlay repair (2 mm) in edge at lower bass corner of top. Pegholes bushed.

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