Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Turin, c. 1773, the 'ex-Sinzheimer'
Violin: 41020
Bearing a facsimile label, "Joannes Baptista Guadagnini Placentinus..."
Back: in two pieces of quarter cut maple with medium width flame descending from the centre seam.
Top: in two pieces of spruce with medium width grain broadening toward the edges.
Scroll: of plainer maple.
Ribs: of similar wood.
Varnish: of an orange-brown colour.
Length of back: 35.3 cm
Upper bouts: 16.7 cm
Middle bouts: 11.5 cm
Lower bouts: 20.5 cm
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Provenance
| in 1937 | Sold by Fridolin Hamma |
| c. 1937-c. 1960 | Lene Hesse-Sinzheimer |
| in 1960 | Sold by Kenneth Warren & Son |
| 1960-2018 | Marla Mutschler |
| until 2018 | Anonymous |
| in 2018 | Sold by Tarisio |
| from 2018 | Current owner |
Known players
Carl Flesch
Certificates & Documents
Proforma Certificate: Peter Biddulph, London (2018)- Proforma Certificate: Tarisio, London (2018)
- Certificate: Kenneth Warren & Son, Chicago, IL (1960)
- Certificate: Hamma & Co., Stuttgart (1937)
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References
- The Guadagnini Family of Violin Makers, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago