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)
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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)