Bartolomeo Giuseppe Guarneri 'del Gesù', Cremona, 1733, the 'Consolo'
Violin: 44397
Bearing its original label.
Back: One-piece of wide curl descending from right to left
Top: of pine of narrow grain opening out towards the flanks
Scroll: almost plain
Ribs: of narrow curl
Varnish: Orange-brown
Length of back: 35.2 cm
Upper bouts: 16.5 cm
Middle bouts: 11.2 cm
Lower bouts: 20.6 cm
Provenance
| in 1876 | Baron Consolo |
| until 1909 | Oswald Möckel |
| from 1909 | Bronislaw Huberman |
| in 1925 | Arve Arvesen |
| Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons | |
| until 1936 | Emil Herrmann, New York |
| from 1936 | Albert F. Metz |
| until 1974 | Elaine Joyce Weldon |
| in 1974 | Sold by Sotheby's |
| from 1974 | John & Arthur Beare |
Known players
Patricia Travers
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Rembert Wurlitzer Inc., New York, NY (1960)- Certificate: Emil Herrmann, New York, New York, NY (1938)
- Certificate: Oswald Möckel, Berlin (1907)
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References
The Strad, 1908, London, Aug 1908 (illustrated)- The Strad, April, 1974, London (illustrated)
- Emil Herrmann Papers, 1910-1947, The Jacques Francais Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998 (Box 90), Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
- Italian Violin Makers (1964), Karel Jalovec, Paul Hamlyn, London, 1964 (illustrated)
- Die Kunst Des Geigenbaues (1930), Otto Möckel, Bernhard Friedrich Voigt, Leipzig (illustrated)
- Sotheby's Important Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, April 25, 1974, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)