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Salvadore Bofill

Barcelona, worked 1733–1756

Very interesting and characterful work on personal model. Good low arch. Open soundholes with large nicks, set upright and very close to the edge. Broad but neatly inlaid purfling. Well-carved scroll, nicely concentric but narrow, with widely projecting eyes. Delicate golden-yellow varnish. — John Dilworth
Worked Barcelona
Made Violin
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Auction Price History

Highest auction price

£5,175

2 results

Type Details Auction house Sold Price
Small ViolinLiterature: Kleine Geige - Grosse Meister, Aachen, 1995; branded Bofill and dated 1735 internally Lot 138—October 2012£3,000est. £ 2,500-3,000
Violin1742 c.—July 1997£5,175

Biographies

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John Dilworth+

BOFILL, Salvatore Worked circa. 1733-1756 Barcelona Spain Important maker of the Spanish school. Very interesting and characterful work on personal model. Good low arch. Open soundholes with large nicks, set upright and very close to the edge. Broad but neatly inlaid purfling. Well-carved scroll, nicely concentric but narrow, with widely projecting eyes. Delicate golden-yellow varnish. Cellos of large form. Salvator Bofill, fecit Barci- / none, anno Nat. Dhi. 1742 Salvator Bofill, fecit Barci / none, anno Nativ. Dni 1733

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