violin
Anonymous
built in Milan in ± 1800
An anonymous violin, labeled “Giovanni Battista Grancino, Milan.”
Current player
Dario Hulsing
from Anonymous
History of this instrument
The Musical Instrument Fund received this violin on loan in 2003 from a private individual in Heemstede. Following his death, his heirs continued the loan to the Musical Instrument Fund. Unfortunately, experts have been unable to determine with certainty who built this violin; as a result, it is described as a violin from the Grancino school, meaning that it was made by a luthier who worked in the same region and style as Grancino. The Music Instrument Fund has successively loaned the violin to Lonneke van Straalen, Floor Braam, Marie-Claire Boele, and Charlotte Basalo. Dario Hulsing is the current lucky recipient who plays this Italian violin.
About the builder Anonymous
For a number of instruments in our collection, the experts have been unable to determine who built them. Often, however, the location or region is known, and in most cases, a construction period can also be determined. This conclusion...
