Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Turin, 1783, the 'Kleynenberg'
Violin: 42745
Bearing its original label; "alumnus Atonii Stradivari."
Back: Two-piece of irregular medium curl
Top: of fine grain at the center, opening out towards the flanks
Varnish: Red-brown
Length of back: 35.2 cm
Upper bouts: 16.9 cm
Middle bouts: 11.6 cm
Lower bouts: 20.6 cm
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Provenance
| Ben Senescu | |
| Carlos Molina | |
| Dr. William H. Kane | |
| Miss Marion McKinistry | |
| until 1924 | Carl G. Becker |
| 1924-1928 | Peter Kleynenberg |
| from 1928 | William Lewis & Son |
| in 1934 | Carlos Molina |
| ... | ... |
| in 1966 | Faris M. Brown |
| until 1967 | Marion Letsch |
| in 1967 | Sold by Rembert Wurlitzer Inc. |
| from 1967 | Paolo Peterlongo |
| in 1973 | Paolo Peterlongo |
| ... | ... |
| in 1999 | Fondazione Pro Canale |
Known players
Gabriele Pieranunzi
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London "The violin is an exceptionally fine and typical example of G. B. Guadagnini's final, Turin period."
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References
Patronage and investment in fine musical instruments, Fondazione Pro Canale, Milan (illustrated)- Private Archives - 10842, Wurlitzer
- Loan Exhibition of Stringed Instruments and Bows Commemorating the 70th Birthday of Simone Fernando Sacconi, Schuler Verlagsgesellschaft, Stuttgart (illustrated)
- Strumenti ad Arco, Paolo Peterlongo, Edizioni Siei, Milan (illustrated)
- 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 Travels of J. B. Guadagnini, Consorzio Liutai & Archettai Antonio Stradivari, Cremona (illustrated)
- The Violin: Its physical and acoustic principles, Paolo Peterlongo, Paul Elek, London (illustrated)