Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Piacenza, 1744
Violin: 40998
Bearing its original label.
Back: Two-piece of small curl extending slightly downwards from the center joint
Top: of open grain
Scroll: of wood similar to back
Ribs: of wood similar to back
Varnish: Orange-red
Length of back: 35.2 cm
Upper bouts: 16.7 cm
Middle bouts: 11.3 cm
Lower bouts: 20.3 cm
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Provenance
Sold by Emil Herrmann, New York | |
Richard Burgin | |
Mrs. M. Margulis | |
in 1959 | Current owner |
Certificates & Documents
- Certificate: Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., Cincinnati, OH
- Certificate: John Friedrich & Bro., New York, NY
- Certificate: Emil Herrmann, New York, New York, NY
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References
- The Strad, March, 1959, London (illustrated)
- Italian Violin Makers (2001), Teruhiko Sato, Nippon Gengakki, Tokyo (illustrated)
- The Guadagnini Family of Violin Makers, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago
- The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Box 60 (illustrated)