Bartolomeo Giuseppe Guarneri 'del Gesù', Cremona, 1731, the 'Baltic'
Violin: 40410
Bearing its original label (first known label of 'del Gesù' that still exists).
Back: One-piece with deep, regular figure descending from treble to bass.
Top: Grain marked by a distinctive stripe that runs through the sound holes
Length of back: 35.1 cm
Upper bouts: 16.4 cm
Middle bouts: 10.8 cm
Lower bouts: 20.3 cm
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Provenance
- | Josef Giese |
- | Wilhelm Hermann Hammig |
until 1940 | Walter Sochaczewski |
from 1940 | E. Clem Wilson |
until 1952 | Rembert Wurlitzer Inc. |
1952 - 1962 | Dorothea Powers Percival |
from 1962 | Irving Levick |
- | Steven Staryk |
until 1971 | Harry A. Duffy |
1971 - 1972 | George A. Gade |
1972 - 1988 | Sau-Wing Lam |
from 1988 | Current owner |
Known players
Steven Staryk
Certificates & Documents
- Dendrochronology report: Peter Klein, Hamburg (1998) Dating the youngest tree ring to 1714; both sides match both sides of the 1734 "Haddock" (ID=411) and the 1734 "Diable" (ID=405).
Certificate: Rembert Wurlitzer Inc., New York, NY (1962)
Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1936)
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References
The Strad, June, 2006, Newsquest Specialist Media, London (illustrated)
Christophe Landon Rare Violins 2007 Calendar, New York (illustrated)
Christophe Landon Rare Violins 2008 Calendar, New York (illustrated)
The Strad, October, 1994, Stewart Pollens, Orpheus, 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)
- Private Archives - 1610
Sau-Wing Lam, Dietmar Machold (illustrated)
The Late Cremonese Violin Makers, Dmitry Gindin, Editioni Novecento, Cremona (illustrated)
The Violin Masterpieces of Guarneri del Gesù - Exhibition, Peter Biddulph, Peter Biddulph, London (illustrated)
W. E. Hill & Sons Photographic Archive (illustrated)