Checklist of Bowed Stringed Instruments
Made in Brescia, Italy

(in chronological order)

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NMM 3376. Bass viola da gamba by Zanetto di Montichiaro, Brescia, before 1560. Ex colls.: Correr, Venice; Bisiach, Milan. Witten-Rawlins Collection, 1984.

NMM 3367. Viola by Peregrino di Zanetto, Brescia, after 1564. Witten-Rawlins Collection, 1984.

NMM 3368. Viola by Gasparo da Salo, Brescia, before 1609. Ex colls.: Joseph Joachim; Joseph Vieland. Witten-Rawlins Collection, 1984.

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NMM 3378. Violoncello (originally a bass viola da gamba by Gasparo da Salo, Brescia, before 1609). Converted to a violoncello, probably in the 19th century. Ex coll.: Beare, London. Witten-Rawlins Collection, 1984.

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NMM 3431. Contrabass viola da gamba attributed to Gasparo da Salo, Brescia, before 1609. Ex coll.: Bisiach, Milan. Witten-Rawlins Collection, 1984.

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NMM 3372. Violoncello, Brescian school, ca. 1625. Ex coll.: Robert Haven Schauffler, New York. Witten-Rawlins Collection, 1984.

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NMM 3418. Violin, Brescian school, ca. 1625. Ex coll.: Bisiach, Milan. Witten-Rawlins Collection, 1984.

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NMM 3430. Bass viola da gamba attributed to Giovanni Paolo Maggini, Brescia, before 1630. Ex coll.: Bisiach, Milan. Witten-Rawlins Collection, 1984.

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NMM 3432. Contrabass viola da gamba attributed to Giovanni Paolo Maggini, Brescia, before 1630. Ex coll.: Bisiach, Milan. Witten-Rawlins Collection 1984.

NMM 3363. Violin, Brescian school, ca. 1630. Ex coll.: Bisiach, Milan. Witten-Rawlins Collection, 1984. Link to an index of all available digital images of this instrument.

NMM 3365. Violin by Giovanni Paolo Maggini, Brescia, before 1632. Witten-Rawlins Collection, 1984. Link to an index of all available digital images of this instrument.

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NMM 4850. Violin labeled Matteo Bente, Brescia, before 1637. Arne B. Larson Estate, 1989.

NMM 3358. Violin, Brescian school, ca. 1640. Ex coll.: Bisiach, Milan. Witten-Rawlins Collection, 1984. Link to an index of all available digital images of this instrument.

NMM 5300. Violoncello attributed to Brescia, ca. 1700-1750. Gift of Alice Louise Healy, Sloan, Iowa, 1992. Link to an index of all available digital images of this instrument.

NMM 3362. Violin by Pietro Giacomo Rogeri (Ruggerius), Brescia, 1715. Ex coll.: Bisiach, Milan. Witten-Rawlins Collection, 1984. Link to an index of all available digital images of this instrument.

NMM 3360. Violin, 7/8-size, Brescian school, ca. 1760. Ex coll.: Bisiach, Milan. Witten-Rawlins Collection, 1984. Link to an index of all available digital images of this instrument.

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