Bartolomeo Giuseppe Guarneri 'del Gesù', Cremona, c. 1729-30, the 'Lady Stretton'
Violin: 40126
Labeled, "Joseph Guarnerius fecit, Cremone, Anno 1726."
Bearing the internal Wurlitzer number, "M-717."
Back: Two-piece; from the same log as the Kreisler of 1730c.
Scroll: Plain
Length of back: 35.3 cm
Upper bouts: 16.5 cm
Middle bouts: 10.7 cm
Lower bouts: 20.3 cm
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Notes:
Although the label bears the date 1726, experts believe the instrument was made a few years later. The back appears to be from the same log as the Kreisler of circa 1730.Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesú, Carlos Chiesa, John Dilworth, Roger Graham Hargrave, Stewart Pollens, Duane Rosengard & Eric Wen, Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesú (2 volumes), London
Provenance
| Young-Uck Kim | |
| Charles A. Perera | |
| Charles Finch | |
| Albert Stern | |
| in 1931 | Lady Streeton |
| ... | ... |
| in 1945 | Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons |
| 1945-1947 | Albert Arnold |
| from 1947 | Dr. Charles Lustgarten |
| until 1965 | Henry Hottinger |
| from 1965 | Rembert Wurlitzer Inc. |
| in 1967 | Sold by Rembert Wurlitzer Inc. |
| ... | ... |
| 1992-2013 | Anonymous |
| in 2013 | Sold by Tarisio Private Sales |
| from 2013 | Current owner |
Known players
Elmar Oliveira, Yi-wen Jiang, Young-Uck Kim
Certificates & Documents
- Dendrochronology report: Peter Klein, Hamburg (1998) Dating the youngest tree ring to 1718.
Certificate: Rembert Wurlitzer Inc., New York, NY (1967)- Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1945)
- Dendrochronology report: Hamberger Fine Stringed Instruments Dates the latest ring of the treble and bass side as 1718 and 1714, respectively.
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References
- Chip off the old block
The Strad, October, 1994, Stewart Pollens, Orpheus, London (illustrated)- Violins & Violinists, February-March, 1947, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago (illustrated)
- Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesú (2 volumes), Carlos Chiesa, John Dilworth, Roger Graham Hargrave, Stewart Pollens, Duane Rosengard & Eric Wen, Peter Biddulph, London (illustrated)
- Henry Hottinger Collection (illustrated)
- Italian Violin Makers (1964), Karel Jalovec, Paul Hamlyn, London, 1964 (illustrated)
- Italienische Geigenbauer (1957), Karel Jalovec, Artia, Prague, 1957 (illustrated)
- Violins & Violinists, November-December, 1952, William Lewis & Son, Chicago (illustrated)
- Prodigy Matured
- The Lewis Collection of Old Violins, Violas, Cellos & Bows (Fall, 1953), William Lewis & Son, Chicago (illustrated)
- The Miracle Makers, Bein & Fushi, Chicago (illustrated)
- The Strad 1996 Calendar, Orpheus Publications, London (illustrated)
- The Violin Makers of the Guarneri Family, W. Henry, Arthur F. & Alfred E. Hill, William E. Hill & Sons, London, 1931 (illustrated)
- The Violin Masterpieces of Guarneri del Gesù - Exhibition, Peter Biddulph, Peter Biddulph, London (illustrated)