Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Piacenza, c. 1744, the 'Graudan'
Cello: 41008
Labeled, "Joannes Baptista filius Laurentii Guadagnini fecit Placentiae 1743" and "4008."
Back: Two-piece
Scroll: not original
Length of back: 71.5 cm
Upper bouts: 35.2 cm
Middle bouts: 24.3 cm
Lower bouts: 43.2 cm
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Provenance
| until 1927 | Lady Tennant |
| c. 1930-1935 | Judith Bokor |
| in 1935 | Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons |
| from 1935 and in 1938 | Nathan E. Posner |
| in 1943 | Sold by Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. |
| ... | ... |
| in 1949 | Nicolai Graudan |
| ... | ... |
| in c. 2025 | Current owner |
Certificates & Documents
- Dendrochronology report: Sondre Lie, Oslo (2025) Dates the latest ring of the bass and treble side as 1740 and 1740, respectively.
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References
Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Duane Rosengard, Carteggio Media, Haddonfield, NJ (illustrated)- Private Archives - 10842, Wurlitzer
- Violins & Violinists, October, 1943, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago (illustrated)
- The Guadagnini Family of Violin Makers, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago (illustrated)
- Journal of the Violin Society of America, Vol. XIX, No. 2, Christopher Reuning, The Queens College Press, Flushing, NY (illustrated)
Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Duane Rosengard, Carteggio Media, Haddonfield, NJ (illustrated)
