Bartolomeo Giuseppe Guarneri 'del Gesù', Cremona, 1735, the 'King'
Violin: 40407
Back: Two-piece; from the same log as the "Diable" and "Haddock"
Scroll: a twin of the "Haddock"
Length of back: 35.15 cm
Upper bouts: 16.5 cm
Middle bouts: 11 cm
Lower bouts: 20.5 cm
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Notes:
The King's edges are broader than the D'Egville and Plowden giving a bolder appearance and the ff holes placed upright, making the smaller holes of the ff's further apart and their-by contributing to the making of a really powerful sonorous instrument.Provenance
| Luigi Tarisio | |
| until 1857 | James Goding |
| in 1857 | Sold by Christie & Manson |
| in 1857 | Sold by Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume |
| 1857-1881 | Vicomte Frédéric de Janzé |
| in 1881 | Sold by David Laurie |
| 1881-1882 | John Adam |
| in 1882 | Sold by David Laurie |
| 1882-1904 | Baron Johann Knoop |
| in 1904 | Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons |
| 1904-1925 | Richard C. Baker |
| in 1925 | Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons |
| from 1925 | Richard Bennett |
| in 1931 | Eric H. Rose |
| until 1955 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| 1955-1965 | Zlatko Balokovic |
| ... | ... |
| from 1965 and in 2002 | Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts in Photographs |
Certificates & Documents
- Dendrochronology report: Peter Klein, Hamburg (1998) Dating the youngest tree ring to 1722; wood of the treble side matches the wood used for the 1744c "Doyen" (ID=436).
- Dendrochronology report: Peter Klein, Hamburg Dating the youngest tree ring to 1722.
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References
The Strad, October, 1994, Stewart Pollens, Orpheus, London (illustrated)- Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesú (2 volumes), Carlos Chiesa, John Dilworth, Roger Graham Hargrave, Stewart Pollens, Duane Rosengard & Eric Wen, Peter Biddulph, London (illustrated)
- The Strad, September, 2000, Roger Hargrave, Orpheus, London (illustrated)
- The Violin Makers of the Guarneri Family, W. Henry, Arthur F. & Alfred E. Hill, William E. Hill & Sons, London, 1931 (illustrated)
- The Violin Masterpieces of Guarneri del Gesù - Exhibition, Peter Biddulph, Peter Biddulph, London (illustrated)
- Violins & Violinists, November-December, 1954, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago (illustrated)
VIOLINMODELS.HTM- W. E. Hill & Sons Photographic Archive (illustrated)