Bartolomeo Giuseppe Guarneri 'del Gesù', Cremona, 1737, the 'Joachim'


Violin: 40412

Back: One-piece, from the same log as the "Turkish" of 1737

Scroll: not original to the instrument, by Giuseppe filius Andreae and probably originally from the 'Prince Doria' Guarneri.

Varnish: Dark red

Length of back: 35.25 cm

Upper bouts: 16.5 cm

Middle bouts: 11.05 cm

Lower bouts: 20.5 cm

There are 4 additional images in the archive which are not available publicly. Please contact us for more information.


Notes:

Emil Herrmann's note: "scroll by Mantegazza".

The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Washington, DC

Provenance

Joseph Joachim
in 1939 Wilhelm Kux
until 1965 Henry Hottinger
1965-1966 Rembert Wurlitzer Inc.
... ...
from 1966 and in 2015 Current owner

Certificates & Documents

  • Dendrochronology report: Peter Klein, Hamburg (1998) Dating the youngest tree ring to 1721.

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References

  • The Strad 2006 Calendar, 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)
  • Henry Hottinger Collection (illustrated)
  • Italian Violin Makers (1964), Karel Jalovec, Paul Hamlyn, London, 1964 (illustrated)
  • Private Archives - 10842
  • The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)
  • The Violin Masterpieces of Guarneri del Gesù - Exhibition, Peter Biddulph, Peter Biddulph, London (illustrated)

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