bearing its original label Joseph Dalaglio fecit in Mantuæ Anno 1830
length of back 13⁷/₈in., 35.3cm.

Sold with a letter from Riccardo Bergonzi, Cremona, dated 24^th February 1988

Bibliography
Liuteria Mantovana, Volume II, by Philip J. Kass & Andrea Zanre, Parma, 2025, pp. 310-315, 329 & 331. A copy of the book is sold with this lot.
The Strad, October 2026, pp. 61-63

Provenance
Since the 1800s, the violin has remained in the possession of the same family, who were originally based in the Mantua area and moved to the countryside near Cremona in the 19^th century. Since then it has been passed from generation to generation but always maintained in its original state, with its original neck still intact.

Over the past ten years, the violin has been played by the Italian violinist Luca Fanfoni, for his interpretations of baroque and virtuoso violin repertoire.