Bartolomeo Giuseppe Guarneri 'del Gesù', Cremona, 1732, the 'Kreisler, Nachez'
Violin: 40549
Bearing its original label, "Joseph Guarnerius fecit Cremona Anno 1732."
Back: Two-piece of irregular broad curl ascending from the joint
Top: of pine of medium grain in the center opening out towards the flanks
Scroll: of broad curl
Ribs: marked by a medium curl
Varnish: Orange-brown
Length of back: 35.1 cm
Upper bouts: 16.35 cm
Middle bouts: 11 cm
Lower bouts: 20.05 cm
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Provenance
| McCullum | |
| until 1872 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| 1872-1876 | John Thornley |
| in 1876 | Sold by Foster Auction House |
| from 1876 | O'Reilly |
| Crump | |
| in 1904 | Sold by Hart & Son |
| in 1904 | Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons |
| Tivador Nachèz | |
| until 1921 | Fritz Kreisler |
| from 1921 | Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. |
| in 1925 | R. Cliff Durant |
| ... | ... |
| in 1931 | Anonymous |
| ... | ... |
| from 1940 | Alexander Davis |
| Geraldo Modern | |
| in 1976 | Sold by Sotheby's |
| ... | ... |
| in 1983 | Helen Dowling |
| until 1999 | Machold Rare Violins, Ltd |
| from 1999 and in 2002 | Dr Herbert R. Axelrod |
| from 2003 | Takako Nishizaki |
| in 2013 | Current owner |
Known players
Fritz Kreisler, Takako Nishizaki
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Machold Rare Violins, Ltd, Vienna (1999)- Certificate: Jacques Français, New York, NY (1983) #2400.
- Certificate: Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., New York, NY (1940) #7944.
- Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1939)
Letter: Alfred E. Hill, London (1932) To Mr. Freeman, giving the history of the violin.- Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1931)
- Letter: Fritz Kreisler, Vienna (1921)
- Certificate: Hart & Son, London (1904) Endorsed on the reverse by Tivador Nachez 9-2-1921 and J. C. Freeman for the Rudolph Wurlitzer company.
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References
- An Encyclopedia of the Violin (1925), Alberto Bachman, The Library Press Limited, London
Evelyn & Herbert Axelrod Stringed Instrument Collection, Herbert Axelrod (illustrated)
Bundesministerium für Inneres, Austria (Federal Ministry of Internal Affairs)- Correspondence with Cozio member, December, 2006
- Interpol Database of Stolen Art
- Kreisler’s Violins, Cozio Carteggio feature, Tully Potter, 2017
- Sotheby's Important Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, November 25, 1976, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)
- The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)
- Violin, Joseph Guarnerius del Gesu, 1732, "ex Kreisler" (unpublished monograph), Machold Rare Violins, Vienna (illustrated)