Bartolomeo Giuseppe Guarneri 'del Gesù', Cremona, c. 1731, the 'Stanley Goodman'

Violin: 41968

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Labeled, "Joseph Guarnerius fecit / Cremone anno 1737 IHS."

Back: Two-piece

Top: of narrow grain, broadening towards the flanks

Scroll: of wood matching back

Ribs: of wood matching back

Varnish: Red-brown over a golden brown

Length of back: 35.15 cm

Upper bouts: 16.65 cm

Middle bouts: 10.65 cm

Lower bouts: 20.3 cm

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Provenance

until 1911	Robert Augustus Bower
from 1911	W. E. Hill & Sons
	René Bohet
	Irene Bohet
1960-1965	Archdiocese of Luanda
1965-1972	W. E. Hill & Sons
1972-1993	Stanley J. Goodman
1994-1998	Machold Rare Violins, Ltd
1998-2003	Dr Herbert R. Axelrod
2003-2007	New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
from 2007	Current owner

Eric Wyrick, René Bohet

Insurance valuation: Machold Rare Violins, Ltd, Vienna (2002) Values the instrument at $3.8 million.
Certificate: Machold Rare Violins, Ltd, Vienna (1995) X-1077.The instrument “is original in its essential parts like table, back, ribs and scroll.”
Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1972)
Letter: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1972)

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Evelyn & Herbert Axelrod Stringed Instrument Collection, Herbert Axelrod (illustrated)
The Strad, August, 1980, London (illustrated)
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New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Collection brochure from Violin Advisor, LLC, April, 2007
Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, October 8, 1965, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)
W. E. Hill & Sons Photographic Archive (illustrated)