Bartolomeo Giuseppe Guarneri 'del Gesù', Cremona, 1741, the 'Carrodus'
Violin: 40255
Labeled, "Joseph Guarnerius Cremone Anno 1741 IHS."
Back: Two-piece with wide flaming running almost horizontally
Top: of even medium to broad grain
Ribs: of wood similar to back
Varnish: almost completely worn off
Length of back: 35.4 cm
Upper bouts: 16.5 cm
Middle bouts: 11.1 cm
Lower bouts: 20.5 cm
Notes:
Letter from F. Cramer to his son William, dated June 10, 1841: "My Dear William, -- As you wish to have the pedigree of the Joseph Guarnerius violin I bought forty years ago of a Mr. Mackenzie, a distinguished amateur in those days, with a warranty of its being a genuine instrument, and soon after sold it, the gentleman who bought it of me died, and his widow returned it to me for sale, as, of course, she had no use for it after his death. It has never been in any other hands, and I can warrant its being a genuine instrument."The Violin (Davidson, 1871), P. Davidson, The Violin (1871), London
Provenance
| from 1800 | A. Mackenzie |
| until 1841 | François Cramer |
| from 1841 | Captain H. S. Murray |
| Alexander Crombie | |
| from 1846 | Sir Alexander MacKenzie |
| until 1882 | Carl Mackenzie |
| from 1882 | Richard Bennett |
| until 1893 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| 1893-1895 | John Tiplady Carrodus |
| in 1895 | Sold by Puttick & Simpson |
| 1895-1915 | G. W. Dancocks |
| in 1915 | Sold by Puttick & Simpson |
| from 1915 | Minster |
| Rev. Edmund Horace Fellowes | |
| Enthoven | |
| Charles Davis | |
| 1947-1950 | Rembert Wurlitzer Inc. |
| 1950-1954 | Max Adler & family |
| in 1954 | Sold by Benjamin Koodlach |
| from 1954 | C. Michael Paul |
| until 1986 | Raymonde I. Paul |
| in 1986 | Sold by Sotheby's |
| from 1990 | Oesterreichische Nationalbank |
Known players
Aaron Rosand, Anton Sorokow, Julian Rachlin, Patricia Kopatchinskaya
Certificates & Documents
- Dendrochronology report: Peter Klein, Hamburg (1998) Dating the youngest tree ring to 1738; treble side matches the bass side of the 1743c "Sauret" (ID=253)
Certificate: Machold Rare Violins, Ltd, Vienna (1986)- Certificate: Kenneth Warren & Son, Chicago, IL (1954)
- Receipt: Benjamin Koodlach, Los Angeles, CA (1954)
- Certificate: Rembert Wurlitzer Inc., New York, NY (1950)
- Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1947)
- Certificate: Hart & Son, London (1924)
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References
- Correspondence with Anton Sorokow, October, 2010
- Correspondence with Ray Rosen, July, 2003
Masterpieces of Violin-Making: The Collection of Bowed Stringed Instruments of the Oesterreische Nationalbank, Rudolf Hopfner, Skira, Milan (illustrated)- Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, March 19, 1986, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)
- Sotheby's Photo Archive
- The Violin (1871), P. Davidson, Porteous Brothers, London
- W. E. Hill & Sons Photographic Archive (illustrated)