Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Milan, 1751, the 'Maurin'
Violin: 41028
Bearing its original label, "Joannes Baptista Guadagnini Placentinus fecit Mediolani 1751."
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 |
| in 1917 | Sold by Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. |
| from 1917 | John W. Coggeshall |
| from 1922 | Dr. Eugenio Sturchio |
| until 1927 | John Hudson Bennett |
| 1927-1930 | Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. |
| until 1930 | Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. |
| from 1930 | Esther Caplin |
| 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 |
| 1996-2022 | Anonymous |
| in 2022 | Sold by Tarisio Private Sales |
| from 2022 | 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 (photocopy), Paris (1996)
- Certificate: William Moennig & Son (photocopy), Philadelphia, PA (1967)
- Letter: Arthur Phillips Hill (photocopy), London (1960)
- Certificate: Emil Herrmann, New York (photocopy), New York, NY (1944)
- Certificate: Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. (photocopy), Cincinnati, OH (1930)
- Certificate: Caressa & Français (photocopy), Paris (1917)
Proforma Certificate: Tarisio, Berlin (2021)
Letter: Arthur Phillips Hill (photocopy), London (1960)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
The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)- Private Archives - 10746, William Moennig & Son
- Private Archives - 10842, Wurlitzer
- 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)
The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)
