Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Turin, 1780, the 'Steiner-Schweitzer'
Violin: 42751
Labeled, "Jo. Bapt. Guadagnini Cremonesis alumnus Antonii Stradivari fecit Taurini 1785."
Back: Two-piece of faint medium curl
Top: of medium grain
Scroll: plain
Ribs: of curl similar to back
Varnish: Orange-brown
Length of back: 35.3 cm
Notes:
Listed as "an Italian violin by Giovanni Battista & Gaetano Guadagnini, Turin, circa 1780" by Sotheby's in 1991.Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, June 6, 1991, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, June 6, 1991, London, London
Provenance
| Dr. Steiner-Schweizer | |
| Sold by Emil Herrmann, New York | |
| from 1933 | Rex Underwood |
| in 1949 | Current owner |
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Benjamin Koodlach, Los Angeles, CA (1976)- Certificate: Erich Lachmann, Berlin (1953)
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References
Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, June 6, 1991, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)- Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, November 22, 1990, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)
- The Guadagnini Family of Violin Makers, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago (illustrated)
Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, June 6, 1991, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)
