Bartolomeo Giuseppe Guarneri 'del Gesù', Cremona, 1736, the 'Count Cessole'
Violin: 40422
Bearing its original label.
Back: Two-piece of broad wavy curl
Ribs: of wood similar to back
Varnish: Golden-orange-reddish
Length of back: 35.1 cm
Upper bouts: 16.15 cm
Middle bouts: 10.9 cm
Lower bouts: 20.05 cm
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Notes:
"The head, like others of this period, is made by his father, Giuseppe Guarneri 'filius Andreae', whose heads are recognized by the delicate and uniform taper of the back of the pegbox, the well-considered curves of the pegbox from the side view, the open and well-proportioned throat, the straight knife cut of the last turn leading into the eye, and the symmetry of the volute as seen from the front."Cremona 1730-1750: the Olympus of Violin Making, Christopher Reuning, editor, Cremona 1730-1750: the Olympus of Violin Making, Cremona
Provenance
| Sold by Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume | |
| Count Eugène Joseph Cessole | |
| Sold by Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume | |
| until 1900 | Signora Virginia Teja-Ferni |
| from 1900 | Unknown |
| until 1910 | Ernst Kessler |
| from 1910 | Ernst Jelinek |
| 1919-1921 | Felix E. Kahn |
| 1921-1930 | Amy Emerson Neill |
| in 1922 | Anonymous |
| until 1931 | Jennie Skolnik |
| 1931-1951 | Samuel S. Fels |
| in 1951 | Sold by Emil Herrmann, New York |
| 1951-1961 | Elaine Joyce Weldon |
| in 1961 | Sold by Emil Herrmann, New York |
| from 1961 | Hugh Lang |
| until 1966 | Rembert Wurlitzer Inc. |
| from 1966 | Henry Werro |
| until 1972 | Heinz Machold |
| 1972-1995 | Dr Fritz Rychel |
| 1995-1998 | Dietmar Machold |
| from 1997 | Dr Herbert R. Axelrod |
| in 2010 | Private Collection |
Known players
Amy Emerson Neill, Iso Briselli
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Machold Rare Violins, Ltd, Vienna (1998)- Certificate: Machold Rare Violins, Ltd, Vienna (1972)
- Certificate: Emil Herrmann, New York, New York, NY (1961)
Letter: Emil Herrmann, New York, New York, NY (1960) To Mr. Goodman.- Certificate: Emil Herrmann, New York, New York, NY (1951)
- Letter: Emil Herrmann, New York, New York, NY (1931) To Mr. Fels.
- Letter: Alfred E. Hill, London (1922) To Miss Neill.
- Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1922) States that it bears the original label dated 1736.
- Certificate: Max Möckel, Berlin (1919)
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References
Evelyn & Herbert Axelrod Stringed Instrument Collection, Herbert Axelrod (illustrated)- The Strad, July, 2010, Carlo Chiesa, Newsquest Specialist Media, London (illustrated)
- Joseph Guarnerius del Gesu, Cremona 1736: Ex-Count Cessol, Machold Rare Violins (illustrated)
- Cremona 1730-1750: the Olympus of Violin Making, Christopher Reuning, editor, Consorzio Liutai Antonio Stradivari, Cremona (illustrated)
- The Strad, July, 2010, Newsquest Specialist Media, London (illustrated)
- Private Archives - 10746
- Private Archives - 10842
- The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)
- The Violin Makers of the Guarneri Family, W. Henry, Arthur F. & Alfred E. Hill, William E. Hill & Sons, London, 1931
- Three Centuries of Italian Violin Making, Artemio Versari, Edizioni Il Salabue, Cremona (illustrated)
- String Player, Vol. 1, No. 1 (illustrated)