Bartolomeo Giuseppe Guarneri 'del Gesù', Cremona, 1744, the 'Doyen'
Violin: 40436
Imitation label of 1741, inserted by the Hills.
Back: One-piece with a broad curl extending upwards from left to right
Top: of spruce of fine even grain
Ribs: quarter-cut, of plainer wood
Varnish: Red-brown
Length of back: 35.05 cm
Upper bouts: 16.5 cm
Middle bouts: 11 cm
Lower bouts: 20.45 cm
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Notes:
Dated 1725.Stradivarius-Guarnerius del Gesù: Catalogue descriptif de leurs instruments, Charles-Eugène Gand, Stradivarius-Guarnerius del Gesù: Catalogue descriptif de leurs instruments (Facsimile of Gand's notes from 1870-91), Spa
Provenance
| Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons | |
| Miss Blackhouse | |
| in 1870 | Meyevre |
| until 1898 | Emile Germain |
| from 1898 | Louis Doyen |
| until 1915 | Caressa & Français |
| from 1915 | John & Arthur Beare |
| until 1924 | Gustavo Herten |
| 1924-1925 | Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. |
| ... | ... |
| from 1925 and in 1931 | Henry Ford |
| ... | ... |
| in 2003 | Henry Ford Museum |
Certificates & Documents
- Dendrochronology report: Peter Klein, Hamburg (1998) Dating the youngest tree ring to 1702; both sides match the treble side of the 1735 "D'Egville" (ID=417).
Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1925)- Certificate: Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., New York, NY (1925)
- Dendrochronology report: Peter Klein, Hamburg Dating the youngest tree ring to 1714.
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References
Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesú (2 volumes), Carlos Chiesa, John Dilworth, Roger Graham Hargrave, Stewart Pollens, Duane Rosengard & Eric Wen, Peter Biddulph, London (illustrated)- Italian Violin Makers (1964), Karel Jalovec, Paul Hamlyn, London, 1964 (illustrated)
- Stradivarius-Guarnerius del Gesù: Catalogue descriptif de leurs instruments (Facsimile of Gand's notes from 1870-91), Charles-Eugène Gand, Les Amis de la Musique, Spa
- Violins & Violinists, May-June, 1960, Victor Angelescu, William Lewis & Son, Chicago (illustrated)
- The Violin Makers of the Guarneri Family, W. Henry, Arthur F. & Alfred E. Hill, William E. Hill & Sons, London, 1931
- The Violin Masterpieces of Guarneri del Gesù - Exhibition, Peter Biddulph, Peter Biddulph, London (illustrated)
- The Strad, March, 2006, Newsquest Specialist Media, London (illustrated)