Bartolomeo Giuseppe Guarneri 'del Gesù', Cremona, c. 1742, the 'Donaldson, McAllister, Sorobin'

Violin: 40429

FIT TO SCREEN FULL SIZE

Dated 1739.

Back: One-piece

Length of back: 35.2 cm

Upper bouts: 16.9 cm

Middle bouts: 11.3 cm

Lower bouts: 20.6 cm

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Provenance

	Sir George Donaldson
	MacAllister
	Mr. Tobin
until 1957	Agnes Albert
in 1958	Sold by Rembert Wurlitzer Inc.
in 1958	Sold by Emil Herrmann, New York
from 1958	Tibor Varga
in 1959	Sold by Rembert Wurlitzer Inc.
from 1959	E. Herrmann Rare Violins, Inc
from c. 2010	Current owner

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Meister Italienischer Geigenbaukunst (8th Edition), Hamma & Co., Florian Noetzel Verlag, Wilhelmshaven (illustrated)
Ole Bull 2010: Guarneri del Gesu Collection, John Dilworth, Bergen (illustrated)
Private Archives - 10746
Private Archives - 10842
The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Box 57 (illustrated)
The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)
The Violin Makers of the Guarneri Family, W. Henry, Arthur F. & Alfred E. Hill, William E. Hill & Sons, London, 1931
W. E. Hill & Sons Photographic Archive (illustrated)

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