Fine Neapolitan Violin, Attributed to the Gagliano Family, Mid-19th Century

Description:

Fine Neapolitan Violin, Attributed to the Gagliano Family, Mid-19th Century, labeled NICOLAUS GAGLIANO, NAPLES, 1712, length of two-piece back 355 mm, with Hill case.

Certificates: Jacques Francais, New York, New York, October 22, 1964; A.E. Fischer, Bremen, Germany, January 15, 1923.
Estimate $28,000-38,000

open wing fracture on right f hole, repaired top sound post crack, several repaired face cracks, reinforced peg box, neck graft, pegs rebushed, back button repair, repaired rib cracks, slight crack at end of A peg, top and bottom.


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