Bartolomeo Giuseppe Guarneri 'del Gesù', Cremona, 1737, the 'Stern, Panette, Balatre, Alard'
Violin: 40214
Back: One-piece, slab-cut, from the same log as the "King Joseph"
Top: From two unmatched pieces of spruce, the bass side taken from the same log as the belly of the "King Joseph"
Scroll: Of plain wood
Varnish: Orange-red
Length of back: 35.2 cm
Upper bouts: 16.3 cm
Middle bouts: 10.9 cm
Lower bouts: 20.3 cm
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Provenance
| Marquise de Balatre | |
| until 1847 | Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume |
| from 1847 | Vicomte de la Panette |
| in 1926 | Sold by Caressa & Français |
| 1926-1929 | Rodman Wanamaker |
| in 1929 | Sold by Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. |
| 1929-1944 | Ralph Hubbard Norton |
| in 1945 | Sold by William Lewis & Son |
| 1945-1994 | Isaac Stern |
| 1994-2005 | David L. Fulton |
| from 2005 | BSI Bank |
Known players
Isaac Stern, Midori Goto, Renaud Capuçon, Vadim Repin
Certificates & Documents
- Dendrochronology report: Peter Klein, Hamburg (1998) Dating the youngest tree ring to 1726; rings of the bass side match the wood of the table used for the "King Joseph" of 1737 (ID=213).
- Bill of sale: Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, Paris (1847)
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References
36 Famous Italian Violins, Alex Wasinski, Herman Gordon, New York (illustrated)- The Strad, April, 2002, Naomi Sadler, Orpheus, London (illustrated)
- Violins & Violinists, January, 1944, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago (illustrated)
Biography of Isaac Stern- Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesú (2 volumes), Carlos Chiesa, John Dilworth, Roger Graham Hargrave, Stewart Pollens, Duane Rosengard & Eric Wen, Peter Biddulph, London (illustrated)
- Guarneri del Gesù, Panette, 1737, Carlo Chiesa, BSI SA
- Italian Violin Makers (1964), Karel Jalovec, Paul Hamlyn, London, 1964 (illustrated)
- The Strad, November, 1988, London (illustrated)
- Johns Hopkins University | Peabody Institute
- L'Esposizione di Liuteria Antica a Cremona nel 1937, Comitato Stradivariano, Cremona (illustrated)
- Journal of the Violin Society of America, Vol. XV, No. 3, Samuel Zygmuntowicz, The Queens College Press, Flushing, NY (illustrated)
- Meisterwerke Italienischer Geigenbaukunst, Fridolin Hamma, Hamma & Co., Stuttgart (illustrated)
- Private Archives - 10842
- Renaud Capuçon and the ‘Panette’ Guarneri, Cozio Carteggio feature, November 9, 2016
- Star Gazing
- The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)
- The Miracle Makers, Bein & Fushi, Chicago (illustrated)
- The Strad 2010 Calendar: Violin Heroes, Newsquest Specialist Media, London (illustrated)
- The Violin Makers of the Guarneri Family, W. Henry, Arthur F. & Alfred E. Hill, William E. Hill & Sons, London, 1931
- The Violin Masterpieces of Guarneri del Gesù - Exhibition, Peter Biddulph, Peter Biddulph, London (illustrated)
- Violins & Violinists, June, 1948, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago (illustrated)
- W. E. Hill & Sons Photographic Archive (illustrated)