Bartolomeo Giuseppe Guarneri 'del Gesù', Cremona, c. 1736, the 'Lafont'
Violin: 41035
The head of the filius type but not original to the instrument. Illustrated below mounted with a Guarneri head from c. 1740, also not original to the instrument.
Back: Two-piece
Length of back: 35.1 cm
Upper bouts: 16.3 cm
Middle bouts: 11.2 cm
Lower bouts: 20.2 cm
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Notes:
"The Vuillaume certificate is interesting, because it refers back to Lafont, saying that this violin was his favourite and the one that he habitually used for public performances."Provenance
| Charles Philippe Lafont | |
| J. P. Thibout | |
| Charles Davis | |
| Dr. Simon Ramo | |
| until 1857 | James Goding |
| in 1857 | Sold by Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume |
| in 1857 | Sold by Christie & Manson |
| 1857-1880 | Jean de Proumansky |
| ... | ... |
| from 1880 and in 1897 | Adolf Brodsky |
| ... | ... |
| from 1940 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| in 1943 | Anton Maaskoff |
| until 2013 | Bein & Fushi, Inc |
| from 2013 | Current owner |
Known players
Adolf Brodsky, Nigel Kennedy, Vadim Repin
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, Paris (1857)
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References
The Strad 2006 Calendar, Newsquest Specialist Media, London (illustrated)- Bein & Fushi 1992 Calendar, Bein & Fushi, Inc, Bein & Fushi, Chicago (illustrated)
- Bein & Fushi Catalog, Spring, 2010, Bein & Fushi, Inc, Bein & Fushi, Chicago (illustrated)
- Berühmte Geigen, December 21, 1896
- The Strad, March, 1999, Orpheus, London (illustrated)
Nigelkennedy.com- The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)
- W. E. Hill & Sons Photographic Archive (illustrated)