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DHV:
1100
Tourin ID:

Size:

Violone

Place Made:

Maker:

I

Milan

Giovanni

Grancino

Date:

1691

Label Text:

Giovanni Grancino in Contrada Largha di Milano al segno delle Corona 1791 [date sic?]

Body Shape:

Guitar

Current Location:

No. of Strings:

6

Collection:

Sound Holes:

F

Catalog Number:

Head:

Scroll

Private Owner:

Previous Owner:

Measurements:

Body Length:

091.7

String Length:

093.7

Rib Depth:

Upper Width:

Middle Width:

Bottom Width:

Information

Source:

Sotheby’s 5/22/86, lot 80

Literature:

Sotheby’s 5/22/86, lot 80

Photographs:

Sotheby’s 5/22/86, lot 80 (F+B [color])

Recordings:

Auctions:

Comments:

Sotheby’s 1986/05/22, lot 80

“Rudimentary lower corners.” Back and ribs of poplar, 3-piece table. Fingerboard and tailpiece modern. Sotheby’s 1980: “An extremely rare Italian violone by Giovanni Grancino, Milan, 1691”; but did not sell.

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