Cesare Candi settled in Genova after training with Raffaele Fiorini in Bologna and today he is considered the master of that school. His decorated instruments, which he made alongside violins, violas and cellos throughout his career, attest to an uncommon ability in carving and engraving.<\/p>\n
The \u2018f-holes\u2019 of this ten-string viola d\u2019amore are outlined with ebony and ivory, and the ivory rosette is set in a circle of thin, inlaid whalebone purfling. Candi\u2019s usual purfling, three stripes of stained brown maple, can be seen around the instrument border.<\/p>\n
The scroll is adorned with carved ebony embossed with ivory pearls descending to the edge of the pegbox, and the chamfer and button are covered with whalebone. It is crowned with a blindfolded cupid, carved from ivory and modelled on the the maker\u2019s nephew, Corrado.<\/p>\n
The resonant strings can be accessed via a delicate, hinged coverplate of ebony inlaid with ivory, fastened with a tiny ivory screw. The interior blocks and cornerblock linings are of spruce, as in many of Candi\u2019s instruments, and both plates are branded C. CANDI-GENOVA.<\/p>\n
This instrument was not intended to mimic the golden age of the Baroque, but was a fantasy born directly from Candi\u2019s hands and a fine example of Art Nouveau in violin making.<\/p>\n
He died at his workbench on 29 September 1947.<\/p>\n
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The Strad, october 2005 \u2013 in\u00a0In focus<\/p>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_gallery images=”601″ height=”250″ hover_scenarios=”slow_zoom” margin_bottom=”50″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1574031663906{margin-bottom: 50px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1577320943282{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”] The Strad magazine, October 2005 issue: In focus: Cesare Candi Copyright \u00a9 2005 Alberto Giordano – The Strad magazine. All rights reserved Cesare Candi Viola d\u2019Amore Cesare Candi settled in Genova after training with Raffaele Fiorini in Bologna and today he is considered the master of that school. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":601,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-strad"],"yoast_head":"\n