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)