Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Piacenza, 1747, the 'Antoncich'
Violin: 42382
Bearing its original label, "Joannes Baptista filius Laurentii Guadagnini fecit Placentiae 1747."
The violin is first recorded in 1887, when it was sold by W.E. Hill & Sons to a Mr. H. Porter of Russell Square, London, for £110. Hills sold the violin again in 1913 to Leon Kon for Paul Kochański (Kon was Kochański's father-in-law) for £600
Back: One-piece cut on the slab of irregular broad curl
Top: of medium grain
Scroll: of medium curl
Ribs: of medium curl
Varnish: golden-orange
Length of back: 35.5 cm
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Provenance
| Pedro d'Andurain | |
| in 1925 | Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons |
| ... | ... |
| from 1925 and in 1949 | Antonio Antoncich |
| ... | ... |
| in 1989 | Sold by Sotheby's |
| ... | ... |
| in 2021 | Sold by Ingles & Hayday |
Certificates & Documents
Letter: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (2021)
Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1925)
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References
Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, March 30, 1989, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)- The Guadagnini Family of Violin Makers, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago