Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Milan, 1752, the 'Kneisel'
Violin: 42423
Back: One-piece with narrow flame descending from left to right
Top: of fine grain
Scroll: plain
Ribs: of wider curl than back
Varnish: Red-brown
Length of back: 35.1 cm
Upper bouts: 16.6 cm
Middle bouts: 11.2 cm
Lower bouts: 20.45 cm
Provenance
| Franz Kneisel | |
| until 1927 | Felix E. Kahn |
| from 1927 | Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. |
| until 1929 | Erich Lachmann |
| from 1929 | Hamma & Co. |
| until 1938 | G. Winterling |
| from 1938 | Lisa Goldmann |
| in 1958 | Sold by William Moennig & Son |
| until 1966 | Kenneth Warren & Son |
| from 1966 | Robert Ivy Harrison, Jr. |
| until 1968 | Rembert Wurlitzer Inc. |
| from 1968 | Stephen Gould |
| until 1987 | Kenneth Warren & Son |
| from 1987 | Anonymous |
| in 1988 | Otto-Karl Schenk |
| until 1990 | Jacques Français |
| from 1990 | Manfred Leverkus |
| from c. 2010 | Munetsugu Collection, Tokyo |
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Jacques Français, New York, NY (1990) #3060.- Certificate: Jacques Français, New York, NY (1988) #2870.
- Certificate: Kenneth Warren & Son, Chicago, IL (1987)
- Certificate: Rembert Wurlitzer Inc., New York, NY (1968)
- Certificate: William Moennig & Son, Philadelphia, PA (1966)
- Certificate: Georg Winterling, Hamburg (1938)
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References
- Private Papers
World of Strings, Spring, 1958, William Moennig & Sons, Philadelphia (illustrated)- Violins & Violinists, December, 1943, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago (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)