This stunning Italian Masterpiece is not only a lovely and outstanding example of Grancino's work but also a great piece of violin-making history. This instrument portrays the excellence found in Grancino's best instruments and represents the first chapter of the Milanese violin-making tradition. The elegant Amati style arching, the refined edges fluting and purfling, the refinement of the sharp-edged Scroll design, the high quality, lovely red-brown varnish... everything combines the highest standards of excellence. The maker's approach managed to create a unique aesthetical style that did not run against the own nature of the wood and the natural resins used but enhanced their own natural qualities. And this violin sound is as natural as the aesthetical outcome. The instrument is in an unforeseen exquisite and unprecedented conservation condition. The varnish appears to have never been French-polished, preserving all the original texture of the varnish as when it was made in the 17th century, as a lot of the original varnish still covers the instrument. It means that the instrument is not only healthy from the aesthetic perspective but also from the structural point of view, as it required minimum maintenance interventions over the centuries, which is quite rare for 1600s violins.