Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Piacenza, 1743, the 'Roentgen'
Violin: 42375
Dated 1745.
Back: Two-piece with broad curl
Scroll: plainer
Ribs: match back
Varnish: Red-brown
Length of back: 35.12 cm
Upper bouts: 16.08 cm
Middle bouts: 10.5 cm
Lower bouts: 20.19 cm
Notes:
Listed as 1745 by Doring.The Guadagnini Family of Violin Makers, Ernest N. Doring, Ernest N. Doring, The Guadagnini Family of Violin Makers, Chicago
Provenance
| - | W. H. Symes |
| - | Gustavo Herten |
| until 1921 | W. E. Beck |
| from 1921 | Ernest Roentgen |
| - | Current owner |
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1921)
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References
Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Duane Rosengard, Carteggio Media, Haddonfield, NJ (illustrated)- The Guadagnini Family of Violin Makers, 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)
- Journal of the Violin Society of America, Vol. XIX, No. 2, Christopher Reuning, The Queens College Press, Flushing, NY (illustrated)