Bartolomeo Giuseppe Guarneri 'del Gesù', Cremona, 1744, the 'Prince of Orange, Wald, Hoffmann'
Violin: 42581
Bearing its original label.
Back: One-piece
Length of back: 35.5 cm
Upper bouts: 16.55 cm
Middle bouts: 11.15 cm
Lower bouts: 20.5 cm
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Notes:
". . . Shortly afterward [1921], the violin entered the international market through Emil Herrmann and Max Möller. It was given the name 'Prince of Orange' by one or both of them, perhaps in a vague allusion to Baron Bentinck."Cremona 1730-1750: the Olympus of Violin Making, Christopher Reuning, editor, Cremona 1730-1750: the Olympus of Violin Making, Cremona
Provenance
| Charles Adolph Maucotel | |
| Louis Zimmermann | |
| Sold by Max Möller & Son | |
| until 1868 | Baron Arnold A. Bentinck van Nijenhuis |
| 1868-1881 | Charles Windham Stanhope, 7th Earl of Harrington |
| from 1880 | David Johnson |
| in 1885 | William Crompton |
| until 1894 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| from 1894 | Gerrit Veerman |
| until 1897 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| in 1897 | K. B. Dvorak |
| ... | ... |
| from 1897 and in 1919 | Karel Hoffmann |
| in 1921 | Wald |
| ... | ... |
| in 1937 | Jan W. L. van Oordt |
| until 1941 | Max Möller & Son |
| from 1941 | R. F. Zinkann |
| in 1952 | Rembert Wurlitzer Inc. |
| until 1958 | Emil Herrmann, New York |
| from 1958 | David Nadien |
| in 1967 | George Schlieps & Son |
| ... | ... |
| from 1974 | Czech State Collection |
Known players
Josef Suk (II)
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: W. H. Hammig & Co., Berlin (2013)- Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (2013)
- Certificate: Wurlitzer, New York, NY
- Certificate: Emil Herrmann, New York, New York, NY
- Certificate: Max Möller & Son, Amsterdam
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References
Classical Music - Streaming Classical Music
Cremona 1730-1750: the Olympus of Violin Making, Christopher Reuning, editor, Consorzio Liutai Antonio Stradivari, Cremona (illustrated)- The Strad, March, 1967, London
- Italiaansche Vioolbouw, Max Möller, Max Möller N. V., Amsterdam
- L'Esposizione di Liuteria Antica a Cremona nel 1937, Comitato Stradivariano, Cremona (illustrated)
- Private Archives - 10842
- Private Papers
- The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)