Bartolomeo Giuseppe Guarneri 'del Gesù', Cremona, c. 1736, the 'Lafont'


Violin: 41035

The head of the filius type but not original to the instrument. Illustrated below mounted with a Guarneri head from c. 1740, also not original to the instrument.

Back: Two-piece

Length of back: 35.1 cm

Upper bouts: 16.3 cm

Middle bouts: 11.2 cm

Lower bouts: 20.2 cm

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Notes:

"The Vuillaume certificate is interesting, because it refers back to Lafont, saying that this violin was his favourite and the one that he habitually used for public performances."

Nigelkennedy.com

Provenance

Charles Philippe Lafont
J. P. Thibout
Charles Davis
until 1857 James Goding
in 1857 Sold by Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume
in 1857 Sold by Christie & Manson
1857-1880 Jean de Proumansky
... ...
from 1880 and in 1897 Adolf Brodsky
... ...
from 1940 W. E. Hill & Sons
in 1943 Anton Maaskoff
... ...
in 1966 Sold by Rembert Wurlitzer Inc.
from 1966 Dr. Simon Ramo
until 2013 Bein & Fushi, Inc
from 2013 Current owner

Known players

Adolf Brodsky, Nigel Kennedy, Vadim Repin

Certificates & Documents

  • Certificate: Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, Paris (1857)

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References

  • The Strad 2006 Calendar, Newsquest Specialist Media, London (illustrated)
  • Bein & Fushi 1992 Calendar, Bein & Fushi, Inc, Bein & Fushi, Chicago (illustrated)
  • Bein & Fushi Catalog, Spring, 2010, Bein & Fushi, Inc, Bein & Fushi, Chicago (illustrated)
  • Berühmte Geigen, December 21, 1896
  • The Strad, March, 1999, Orpheus, London (illustrated)
  • Nigelkennedy.com
  • Private Archives - 10842
  • 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)

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