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
| until 1924 | Carl G. Becker |
| 1924-1928 | Peter Kleynenberg |
| from 1928 | William Lewis & Son |
| Carlos Molina | |
| Ben Senescu | |
| Dr. William H. Kane | |
| Miss Marion McKinistry | |
| in 1966 | Faris M. Brown |
| ... | ... |
| in 1973 | Paolo Peterlongo |
| ... | ... |
| in 1999 | Fondazione Pro Canale - Milano |
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."
Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London "The violin is an exceptionally fine and typical example of G. B. Guadagnini's final, Turin period."Cozio holds copies of many certificates and other documents, some of which are available to view on request. Please contact us if you wish to view a particular document. (Note that we do not always have permission to share documents.)
References
Patronage and investment in fine musical instruments, Fondazione Pro Canale, Milan (illustrated)- 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)
Patronage and investment in fine musical instruments, Fondazione Pro Canale, Milan (illustrated)
