Bartolomeo Giuseppe Guarneri 'del Gesù', Cremona, 1729, the 'Baron Heath'
Violin: 42986
Provenance
| until 1881 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| from 1881 | Baron Robert Amadeus Heath |
| until 1911 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| from 1911 | D. T. Brown |
| in 1924 | Sold by Hamma & Co. |
| until 1985 | Jacques Français |
| from 1985 | Gordon Jeffery |
| in 2003 | Canada Council for the Arts |
Known players
Martin Beaver, Nikki Chooi, Timothy Chooi, Yi-Jia Susanne Hou
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Jacques Français, New York, NY (1985) #2564.
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References
Alte Geigen (Hamma, circa 1910), Hamma & Co., Stuttgart (illustrated)- Canada Council for the Arts | Bringing the arts to life
- Italian Violin Makers (1964), Karel Jalovec, Paul Hamlyn, London, 1964 (illustrated)
- The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)