Violin

Giovanni Paolo MAGGINI

Year: 1610

The extremely precious violin ca 1610 by Giovanni Paolo Maggini in Brescia served the Estonian violinist Vladimir „Boba” Sapožnin (1906–1996) throughout his long career. The Maggini violin was presented to the Estonian Foundation of Musical Instruments by the Sapožnin family. With certainty the violin has been built in the Gaspar da Salo–Maggini workshop, most probably by the master Giovanni Paolo Maggini. The instrument has an even carrying sound as well as a distinct dark shaded lower register.

The violin has been certified by Andreas Post (Amsterdam).

User:

Hans Christian Aavik

Student at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts

Owner:

Sapožnin family

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Enrico CATENAR

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Nicola & Giuseppe (Joseph) GAGLIANO

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Auguste Sébastien BERNARDEL (Père)

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Thomas URQUHART

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Francois Fourrier NICOLAS

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Joseph GAGLIANO

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Celeste FAROTTI

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Auguste Sébastien BERNARDEL (Père)

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Year: 1842

Joseph-Arthur VIGNERON (Père)

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Year: 1890

Claude THOMASSIN

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Year: 1890

Victor FETIQUE

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Year: ca 1910

Victor FETIQUE

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Francois Nicolas VOIRIN

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Year: ca 1880

Henri Louis GILLET

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Year: ca 1940

Joseph Alfred LAMY

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Year: ca 1895

Victor FETIQUE

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Year: ca 1930

Henri Louis GILLET

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Year: 1945-1950

We are among the founders of the Foundation to establish a perfect example of cooperation between sectors. The Foundation has extensive monetary requirements which is a match with our main activities.

Robert Kitt
CEO, Swedbank Estonia
January 2015–June 2019