Description:
Italian Violin, Attributed to the Gagliano Family, c. 1800, labeled Januarius Gagliano filius / Alexandri fecit Neap. 1769, length of back 355 mm.
Estimate $10,000-20,000
Restored neck button, restored crack at the upper right back bout, bass bar crack, repaired belly cracks, ebony inlaid in lower ribs, open seams, small repaired crack in bass C bout rib.
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