Lot 159
Rosenberg Collection
A viola by Pietro Giovanni Mantegazza
(Milan, b 1747; d 1796)
Milan, circa 1790
labelled Nicolaus Amatius Cremonien Hieronimi filii Antoni Nepos fecit Ao 16*2 and labelled on the top block W.E. Hill, dealer in Cremona Instruments, 58 Wardour Street, Soho, London
length of back 161/16in., 40.8cm.