Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Milan, 1751, the 'Maurin'
Violin: 41028
Bearing its original label, "Joannes Baptista Guadagnini Placentinus fecit Mediolani 1751."
Back: Two-piece
Varnish: Dark red
Length of back: 35.2 cm
Upper bouts: 16.7 cm
Middle bouts: 11.2 cm
Lower bouts: 20.6 cm
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Provenance
| in 1900 | Jean Pierre Maurin |
| until 1917 | Caressa & Français |
| from 1917 | Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. |
| from 1917 | John W. Coggeshall |
| from 1922 | Dr Eugenio Sturchio |
| - | John Hudson Bennett |
| until 1930 | Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. |
| from 1930 | Mrs. Esther Caplin |
| until 1944 | Emil Herrmann |
| from 1944 | Henry Hottinger |
| in 1963 | Current owner |
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., Cincinnati, OH (1930)- Certificate: Caressa & Français, Paris (1917)
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References
The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)- The Guadagnini Family of Violin Makers, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago (illustrated)
- Violins & Violinists, November, 1943, 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)
- W. E. Hill & Sons Photographic Archive (illustrated)