Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Parma, 1765, the 'Hamma'
Violin: 42584
Labeled, "Joannes Baptista Guadagnini Cremonensis fecit Parmae C. S. R 1765."
Back: Two-piece of almost horizontal fine curl
Top: of pine of medium grain at the center and opening out towards the flanks
Scroll: has a protruding final twist
Ribs: of wood similar to back
Varnish: Orange-brown
Length of back: 35.3 cm
Provenance
| Sold by Nathan E. Posner | |
| in 1966 | Sold by Sotheby's |
| from 1966 | Gehrig |
| in 1981 | Sold by Sotheby's |
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Hamma & Co., Stuttgart (1951)- Certificate: Hamma & Co., Stuttgart (1936)
- Certificate: Hug & Co., Zurich (1934)
- Certificate: Caressa & Français, Paris (1902)
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References
- Italian Violin Makers (1964), Karel Jalovec, Paul Hamlyn, London, 1964
Italienische Geigenbauer (1957), Karel Jalovec, Artia, Prague, 1957 (illustrated)- Sotheby's Good Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, July 1, 1976, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)
- Sotheby's Highly Important Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, December 5, 1966, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)
- Sotheby's Important Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, November 5, 1981, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)
- Violins & Violinists, August, 1944, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago (illustrated)
- The Guadagnini Family of Violin Makers, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago (illustrated)
Italienische Geigenbauer (1957), Karel Jalovec, Artia, Prague, 1957 (illustrated)
