Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Milan, 1752
Violin: 44778
Labeled, "Joannes Baptista Guadagnini / centinus fecit Mediolani 1752."
Back: One-piece of faint medium curl ascending slightly from left to right
Top: of medium grain
Scroll: of medium curl
Ribs: of medium curl
Varnish: Orange-brown
Length of back: 35.2 cm
Notes:
". . . in poor condition and in need of extensive restoration. . ."Sotheby's Sixth New York Musical Instrument Auction, Nov. 24, 1979, Philip J. Kass, Journal of the Violin Society of America, Vol. V, No. 3, Flushing, NY
Provenance
in 1979 | Current owner |
Certificates & Documents
- Certificate: William Moennig & Son, Philadelphia, PA (1971)
- Certificate: Étienne Vatelot, Paris (1960)
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References
- Sotheby Parke Bernet Fine Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, November 24, 1979, New York, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, New York (illustrated)
- Journal of the Violin Society of America, Vol. V, No. 3, Philip J. Kass, The Queens College Press, Flushing, NY