Bartolomeo Giuseppe Guarneri 'del Gesù', Cremona, 1735, the 'Mary Portman'
Violin: 40088
Bearing its original label printed: "Joseph Guarnerius fecit / Cremone ann 1735."
Back: Two-piece
Varnish: Red-brown
Length of back: 34.9 cm
Upper bouts: 16.4 cm
Middle bouts: 11.1 cm
Lower bouts: 20.3 cm
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Provenance
| John Murray | |
| Sold by Hart & Son | |
| Fritz Kreisler | |
| Sold by Hart & Son | |
| Astel | |
| until 1924 | Arthur Larkin |
| from 1924 | Mary Portman |
| Elsie Playfair | |
| Robert Augustus Bower | |
| in 1946 | Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons |
| from 1946 and in 1948 | Albert Arnold |
| 1949-1991 | Gerald Segelman |
| in 1991 | Sold by Peter Biddulph |
| 1991-1992 | Howard Gottlieb |
| 1992-1993 | Anonymous |
| Current owner |
Known players
Adele Anthony, Mary Portman, Yi-Jia Susanne Hou
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1946)- Certificate: Hart & Son, London (1920)
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References
Bein & Fushi 1993 Calendar, Bein & Fushi, Inc, Bein & Fushi, Chicago (illustrated)- Bein & Fushi 1995 Calendar, Bein & Fushi, Inc, Bein & Fushi, Chicago (illustrated)
- Bein & Fushi Catalog, Spring 2010
- The Strad, November, 1948, London (illustrated)
Kreisler’s Violins, Cozio Carteggio feature, Tully Potter, 2017- Meister Italienischer Geigenbaukunst (8th Edition), Hamma & Co., Florian Noetzel Verlag, Wilhelmshaven (illustrated)
- Private Archives - 10842
- Stradivari Society Recipients
- W. E. Hill & Sons Photographic Archive (illustrated)