Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Turin, 1776, the 'Lachmann-Schwechter'
Violin: 40880
Labeled, "Joannes Baptista Guadagnini, Cremonensis fecit Taurini 1776 GBGT."
Back: in one piece of slab cut maple with medium narrow irregular curl.
Top: in two pieces of spruce with medium width grain narrowing toward the center seam and broadening toward the edges.
Scroll: of plainer maple.
Ribs: of similar wood cut on the quarter.
Varnish: of an orange-brown color.
Length of back: 35.2 cm
Upper bouts: 16.4 cm
Middle bouts: 11.1 cm
Lower bouts: 20.0 cm
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Provenance
| Sold by Emil Herrmann, New York | |
| Arnold Schwechter | |
| Count Ignazio Alessandro Cozio di Salabue | |
| in 1942 | Roger N. Chittolini |
| ... | ... |
| in 1952 | Roger N. Chittolini |
| ... | ... |
| in 1966 | Sold by Lyon & Healy |
| ... | ... |
| in 1984 | Anonymous |
| 1984-2017 | |
| until 2017 | Anonymous |
| in 2017 | Sold by Tarisio Private Sales |
| from 2017 | Current owner |
Certificates & Documents
- Dendrochronology report: Peter Ratcliff, London (2017) Dates the latest ring of both sides as 1758.
Certificate: Erich Lachmann, Berlin (1952)- Certificate: Emil Herrmann, New York, New York, NY (1943)
- Certificate: Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., New York, NY (1942)
Certificate: Erich Lachmann, Berlin (1952)Cozio holds copies of many certificates and other documents, some of which are available to view on request. Please contact us if you wish to view a particular document. (Note that we do not always have permission to share documents.)
References
Count Cozio of Salabue: Violin Making and Collecting in Piedmont, Giovanni Accornero, Ivan Epicoco & Eraldo Guerci, Edizione Il Salabue (illustrated)- Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Duane Rosengard, Carteggio Media, Haddonfield, NJ (illustrated)
- Meister Italienischer Geigenbaukunst (8th Edition), Hamma & Co., Florian Noetzel Verlag, Wilhelmshaven (illustrated)
- The Strad, February, 1985, Roger Hargrave, London (illustrated)
- Private Papers
- Loan Exhibition of Stringed Instruments and Bows Commemorating the 70th Birthday of Simone Fernando Sacconi, Schuler Verlagsgesellschaft, Stuttgart (illustrated)
- The Strad, January, 1985, Tully Potter, London (illustrated)
- The Emil Hermann Collection - Part II, Andy Lim & Gregory Singer, Darling Publications, Cologne / New York (illustrated)
- The Guadagnini Family of Violin Makers, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago (illustrated)
- The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)
Count Cozio of Salabue: Violin Making and Collecting in Piedmont, Giovanni Accornero, Ivan Epicoco & Eraldo Guerci, Edizione Il Salabue (illustrated)
