violin
Giuseppe (Joseph) Gagliano
built in Naples in 1758
A violin built by Joseph Gagliano in Naples, 1758.
History of this instrument
The Musical Instrument Fund purchased this violin in 2001 from a Dutch dealer. The file contains a certificate from 1986 in which the violin is described as “eine sehr feine Arbeit dieses Meisters.” The violin is also illustrated in a German book on Italian violin making. Radka Dijkstra-Dohnalova was the first player of the violin until it passed to Sergey Arseniev in 2015. Since 2018, Kilian van Rooij has been the lucky owner of the violin.
About the builder Giuseppe (Joseph) Gagliano
Giuseppe Gagliano’s hometown of Naples was a city full of contrasts in the 18th century. The city excelled in culture, was chaotic in its governance, and extreme in its social relations. With an estimated population of 300,000, Naples...
