Bartolomeo Giuseppe Guarneri 'del Gesù', Cremona, 1743, the ''Canary Bird''
Violin: 42987
Labeled, "Joseph Guarnerius fecit, Cremonae anno 17.."
Back: Two-piece
Length of back: 35.3 cm
Upper bouts: 16.8 cm
Middle bouts: 11.4 cm
Lower bouts: 20.7 cm
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Provenance
| Sold by Hamma & Co. | |
| Theodor Hämmerle | |
| Dr. Theodore Hladik | |
| Leonid Kogan | |
| in 2017 | Current owner |
Known players
Leonid Kogan
Certificates & Documents
- Dendrochronology report: John C. Topham, Surrey Rings match the wood of the "Alard" Guarneri of 1742 (ID=444).
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References
Die Geigen und Lautenmacher vom Mitteralter bis zur Gegenwart, Willibald Freiherr von Lütgendorff, Frankfurter Verlags-Anstalt, Frankfurt am Main (illustrated)- Italian Violin Makers (1964), Karel Jalovec, Paul Hamlyn, London, 1964 (illustrated)
- Meisterwerke Italienischer Geigenbaukunst, Fridolin Hamma, Hamma & Co., Stuttgart (illustrated)
Testament Records- 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)