Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Parma, 1769, the 'Michell'


Violin: 24156

Bearing its original label, "Joanna Baptista Guadagnini Cremonensis fecit Parmae serviens C. S. R 1769."

Back: in two pieces of quarter cut oppio maple with narrow to medium-width flame ascending from the center seam.

Top: in two pieces of spruce with medium-width grain.

Scroll: of plainer maple.

Ribs: of similar wood.

Varnish: of a golden orange-brown color.

Length of back: 35.5 cm

Upper bouts: 16.7 cm

Middle bouts: 11.5 cm

Lower bouts: 20.5 cm

There are 13 additional images in the archive which are not available publicly. Please contact us for more information.


Notes:

Listed by Doring incorrectly as dated 1759.

Sotheby's Highly Important Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, June 29, 1972, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, June 29, 1972, London, London

Provenance

Henry Benjamin Merton
in 1924 Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons
in 1925 Sold by Rudolph Wurlitzer Co.
... ...
1932-1972 Joseph Gorner
in 1972 Sold by Sotheby's
from 1972 Felix Van Dyl
c. 1980-2021 Anonymous
in 2021 Sold by Tarisio Private Sales
from 2021 Current owner

Certificates & Documents

  • Certificate: Tarisio, New York, NY (2022)
  • Certificate: Emil Herrmann, New York, New York, NY (1940)
  • Certificate: Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., Cincinnati, OH (1925) with 3 photos
  • Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1924)

Cozio holds copies of many certificates and other documents, some of which are available to view on request. Please contact us if you wish to view a particular document. (Note that we do not always have permission to share documents.)

References

  • Private Archives - 10842
  • Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, June 29, 1972, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)
  • The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)

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