Bartolomeo Giuseppe Guarneri 'del Gesù', Cremona, 1742, the 'Lord Wilton'


Violin: 40256

Bearing its original label.

Back: One-piece

Top: From the same log as the "Carrodus" of 1743

Scroll: Of wood matching back

Ribs: Of wood matching back

Varnish: Pale golden orange

Length of back: 35.2 cm

Upper bouts: 16.8 cm

Middle bouts: 11.2 cm

Lower bouts: 20.6 cm

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Provenance

Richard Bennett
from 1887 Lord Wilton
in 1898 and until 1901 Viscount Grey de Wilton
in 1901 Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons
1901-1902 Robert E. Brandt
in 1902 Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons
1902-1921 Sir Edgar Speyer
... ...
in 1930 and until 1952 W. E. Hill & Sons
... ...
1952-1961 Zlatko Balokovic
until 1966 Joyce B. Balokovic
in 1966 Sold by Rembert Wurlitzer Inc.
from 1966 Jack Marlin
1966-1972 Jack Marlin
until 1978 Jacques Français
1978-1999 Yehudi Menuhin
from 1999 Anonymous
from 2019 Current owner

Known players

Leonora von Stosch, Yehudi Menuhin

Certificates & Documents

  • Dendrochronology report: Peter Klein, Hamburg (1998) Dating the youngest tree ring to 1739.

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References

  • 'Lord Wilton' Ownership List
  • Bein & Fushi Catalog, No. 12 (1999), Bein & Fushi, Inc, Bein & Fushi, Chicago
  • The Strad, April, 2004, John Dilworth, Newsquest Specialist Media, London (illustrated)
  • Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesú (2 volumes), Carlos Chiesa, John Dilworth, Roger Graham Hargrave, Stewart Pollens, Duane Rosengard & Eric Wen, Peter Biddulph, London (illustrated)
  • The Strad, October, 1944, London (illustrated)
  • Private Archives - 10842
  • The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (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 (illustrated)
  • The Violin Masterpieces of Guarneri del Gesù - Exhibition, Peter Biddulph, Peter Biddulph, London (illustrated)

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