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Whole violin, certainly Mirecourt, after a pattern of luthier Giovanni Paolo Maggini *, with the label inside "Fecit in Brescia in 1620," vintage late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
This violin is in good condition, it is in its own juice. It is signed "Giovan Paolo Maggini Brecia in 1620". It is in a holster, a bow conjoined with (unsigned).
A note: some small accidents on the sides, scratches and wear on the violin, misses the nut at the end, missing the hairs on the bow, wear time on this one, scratches and wear on the case, see pictures.
* Giovanni Paolo Maggini (1581-1632) was an Italian luthier said the school of Brescia. He was a pupil of Gasparo from Salo, who is considered one of the first makers with Andrea Amati. Maggini is probably the luthier to have really defined the sound of the violin by comparison with the viola. It remains sixty violins of its production. His violins are known for darker and more powerful sound than those of Amati. Maggini is the father of a very important innovation which was taken by all makers. This is against the lining pieces. These are supposed to strengthen the sides from inside the violin. Part of his violins have threads double, which has a purely decorative interest. These double nets were also the rage in his time, so that many of the contemporary Maggini it loaned.
