Bartolomeo Giuseppe Guarneri 'del Gesù', Cremona, 1732, the 'Parlow, Henryk Kaston'

Violin: 41966

FIT TO SCREEN FULL SIZE

Labeled, "Joseph Guarnerius fecit/Cremone anno 1732 HIS."

Back: Two-piece, with original wings in the lower bouts

Top: with original wings in the lower flanks

Scroll: plainer, cut on the slab

Ribs: of wood similar to back

Varnish: Reddish-brown over a golden ground

Length of back: 35.1 cm

Upper bouts: 16.5 cm

Middle bouts: 11.2 cm

Lower bouts: 20.6 cm

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Provenance

	Gustavo Herten
	Sold by Wurlitzer
	Florian Zabach
	Sold by Wurlitzer
from 1880	Enrico Pellegrini
from 1915	Forster family
in 1953	Sold by Rembert Wurlitzer Inc.
from 1953	Florian Zabach
in 1973	Sold by Rembert Wurlitzer Inc.
from 1973	Henryk Kaston
from 1974	Christa Morneweg
until 1979	Jacques Français
from 1979	Heinz Machold
until 1998	Dieter Stanzeleit
in 1998	Geigenbau Machold
1998-2003	Dr Herbert R. Axelrod
2003-2007	New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
from 2007	Current owner

Henryk Kaston, Kathleen Parlow

Insurance valuation: Machold Rare Violins, Ltd, Vienna (2002) Values the instrument at $3.8 million.
Certificate: Machold Rare Violins, Ltd, Vienna (1998) "It is original in all of its essential parts like table, back, ribs, and scroll…."
Certificate: Jacques Français, New York, NY (1976) #2129.
Certificate: Rembert Wurlitzer Inc., New York, NY (1973)

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Evelyn & Herbert Axelrod Stringed Instrument Collection, Herbert Axelrod (illustrated)
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Collection brochure from Violin Advisor, LLC, April, 2007
Private Archives - 10842
The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)
W. E. Hill & Sons Photographic Archive (illustrated)