Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Turin, 1784, the 'Leyds'
Viola: 41990
Back: Two-piece, quarter-cut, displaying weak flaming that drops slightly towards the outside
Scroll: Large and asymmetrical
Ribs: of wood similar to back
Varnish: Reddish-brown
Length of back: 40.0 cm
Upper bouts: 18.7 cm
Middle bouts: 13 cm
Lower bouts: 23.2 cm
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Notes:
Beare presumes that Guadagnini's sons may have completed and varnished the instrument.Masterpieces of Violin-Making, Rudolf Hopfner, Rudolf Hopfner, Masterpieces of Violin-Making: The Collection of Bowed Stringed Instruments of the Oesterreische Nationalbank, Milan
Provenance
| in 1923 | Dr. W. J. Leyds |
| until 1929 | Rodman Wanamaker |
| ... | ... |
| in 1940 | Sold by Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. |
| ... | ... |
| in 1991 | Donald B. Norton |
| in 1994 | Sold by Christophe Landon Rare Violins |
| ... | ... |
| from 1995 and in 2002 | Oesterreichische Nationalbank |
Known players
Donald B. Norton, Herbert Kefer
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Christophe Landon Rare Violins, New York, NY (1995)- Certificate: John & Arthur Beare, London (1994) 0492/CB.
- Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1923)
Certificate: Christophe Landon Rare Violins, New York, NY (1995)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
- Auburn University
- Masterpieces of Violin-Making: The Collection of Bowed Stringed Instruments of the Oesterreische Nationalbank, Rudolf Hopfner, Skira, Milan (illustrated)
- Startseite - Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB)
- The Guadagnini Family of Violin Makers, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago (illustrated)
- Violins & Violinists, March-April, 1945, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago (illustrated)
- The History of the Viola, Volume 2
- Wurlitzer Rare Violas by Celebrated Makers of the 16th-19th centuries, Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., New York (illustrated)
Masterpieces of Violin-Making: The Collection of Bowed Stringed Instruments of the Oesterreische Nationalbank, Rudolf Hopfner, Skira, Milan (illustrated)
