Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Turin, 1785, the 'Wilhelmj'
Violin: 42750
Back: Two-piece
Varnish: Red-brown
Length of back: 35.5 cm
Upper bouts: 16.7 cm
Middle bouts: 11.1 cm
Lower bouts: 20.4 cm
Provenance
until 1905 | August Wilhelmj |
Robert Augustus Bower | |
from 1947 | L. P. Balmforth & Son |
in 1949 | Current owner |
Known players
Jack Liebeck
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Hart & Son, London (1905)
Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London
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References
Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Duane Rosengard, Carteggio Media, Haddonfield, NJ (illustrated)
Jack Liebeck
The Guadagnini Family of Violin Makers, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago (illustrated)