Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Milan, 1751, the 'Maurin'
Violin: 41028
Bearing its original label, "Joannes Baptista Guadagnini Placentinus fecit Mediolani 1751."
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Back: in two pieces of quarter-cut maple with medium to broad width flame ascending from the center seam.
Top: in two pieces of spruce with narrow-width grain broadening toward the edges.
Scroll: of plainer maple.
Ribs: similar to the back.
Varnish: of a reddish orange-brown color.
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 c. 1894 | 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 Coplin |
| until 1944 | Emil Herrmann, New York |
| from 1944 | Henry Hottinger |
| from 1952 | Dr. William H. Kane |
| in 1964 | Sold by Kenneth Warren & Son |
| from 1964 | Carl Racine |
| from 1967 | William Moennig & Son |
| from 1967 | Dr. Adolph H. Bernhard |
| 1993 - 1996 | Olivier Jaques |
| from 1996 | Current owner |
Certificates & Documents
- Dendrochronology report: Peter Ratcliff, London (2021) Dates the latest rings of both side as 1728. Printed report available for purchase upon request.
Proforma Certificate: Tarisio, Berlin (2021)- Certificate: Étienne Vatelot, Paris (1996)
- Certificate: William Moennig & Son, Philadelphia, PA (1967)
Letter: Arthur Phillips Hill, London (1960)- Certificate: Emil Herrmann, New York, New York, NY (1944)
- 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)- Private Archives - 10746
- 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)