Bartolomeo Giuseppe Guarneri 'del Gesù', Cremona, 1743, the 'Sauret'
Violin: 40253
Label not original.
Back: Two-piece; matches the Heifetz of 1740
Top: One half from the same log as the "Leduc" and "Ole Bull"; the other from the same log as the "Carrodus"
Length of back: 35.1 cm
Upper bouts: 16.75 cm
Middle bouts: 11 cm
Lower bouts: 20.3 cm
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Notes:
Dated 1744.Sale Book, 1870-1936, The Jacques Francais Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Caressa & Francais Notebook (c1900 - 1936), part of the Jacques Francais Collection at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
Provenance
| in 1929 | Ralph Hubbard Norton |
| until 1897 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| 1897-1920 | Emile Sauret |
| 1920-1928 | John P. Sheridan |
| 1928-1945 | Ralph Hubbard Norton |
| from 1945 | Dr. Maurice H. Cottle |
| in 1966 | William Lewis & Son |
| until 1986 | Howard Gottlieb |
| from 1986 | Anonymous |
| from 2014 | Current owner |
Known players
Emile Sauret, Itzhak Perlman, Mischa Mischakoff
Certificates & Documents
- Dendrochronology report: Peter Klein, Hamburg (1998) Dating the youngest tree ring to 1735. The treble side matches the bass side of the 1744c "Doyen" (ID=436).
- Dendrochronology report: Peter Klein, Hamburg Dating the youngest tree ring to 1735.
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References
The Strad 2006 Calendar, Newsquest Specialist Media, London (illustrated)- Violins & Violinists, November, 1943, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago (illustrated)
- The Strad, 1926, H. Morgan-Browne, London, Jun 1926 (illustrated)
- Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesú (2 volumes), Carlos Chiesa, John Dilworth, Roger Graham Hargrave, Stewart Pollens, Duane Rosengard & Eric Wen, Peter Biddulph, London (illustrated)
- L'Esposizione di Liuteria Antica a Cremona nel 1937, Comitato Stradivariano, Cremona (illustrated)
- Ole Bull 2010: Guarneri del Gesu Collection, John Dilworth, Bergen (illustrated)
- Private Archives - 10746
- Private Archives - 10842
- Loan Exhibition of Stringed Instruments and Bows Commemorating the 70th Birthday of Simone Fernando Sacconi, Schuler Verlagsgesellschaft, Stuttgart (illustrated)
- Caressa & Francais Notebook (c1900 - 1936), part of the Jacques Francais Collection at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
- The Violin Masterpieces of Guarneri del Gesù - Exhibition, Peter Biddulph, Peter Biddulph, London (illustrated)