Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Milan, 1753
Violin: 43037
Back: Two-piece with wide-figured ascending from the joints
Top: of fine-grained pine
Ribs: of slightly plainer cut
Length of back: 35.3 cm
Upper bouts: 16.5 cm
Middle bouts: 10.85 cm
Lower bouts: 20.3 cm
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Provenance
until 1899 | Ludwig Straus |
from 1899 | Royal Academy of Music, London |
Certificates & Documents
- Dendrochronology report: John C. Topham, Surrey (2000) Dating the youngest tree ring to 1744.
- Dendrochronology report: Peter Klein, Hamburg Dating the youngest tree ring to 1744.
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References
- Masterpieces of Italian Violin Making, David Rattray, Outline Press, London (illustrated)
- Museum & Collections - What’s on - Royal Academy of Music
- The Violin Book, Bafalon, London (illustrated)
- W. E. Hill & Sons Photographic Archive (illustrated)