Bartolomeo Giuseppe Guarneri 'del Gesù', Cremona, 1740, the 'Fountaine'
Small Violin: 43272
Back: Two-piece; contains the only original Guarneri bass bar known to still exit.
Scroll: 1840c by Lott
Length of back: 24.71 cm
Upper bouts: 11.42 cm
Middle bouts: 7.52 cm
Lower bouts: 13.94 cm
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One of two small-sized instruments by del Gesu, probably made for a dancing master.Joseph Guarnerius "del Gesù", Charles Beare, Bruce Carlson & Andrea Mosconi, Joseph Guarnerius "del Gesù", Cremona
The label from this instrument is currently at the Music Museum in Vermillion, South Dakota.
Kleine Geigen - Grosse Meister, Kleine Geigen - Grosse Meister (Exhibition, Aachen, May 1995), Aachen
Instrument #96 at the South Kensington Special Exhibition in 1872.
Catalogue of the Special Exhibition at South Kensington, England, Carl Engel, Catalogue of the Special Exhibition at South Kensington, England, London
Provenance
| until 1804 | Giacomo Antonio Monzino |
| from 1804 | Count Ignazio Alessandro Cozio di Salabue |
| in 1844 | Andrew Fountaine |
| ... | ... |
| in 1872 | Andrew Fountaine |
| until 1902 | Lord Amherst of Hackney |
| from 1902 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| in 1987 | Sold by John & Arthur Beare |
References
- Catalogue of the Special Exhibition at South Kensington, England, Carl Engel, South Kensington Museum, London
Joseph Guarnerius "del Gesù", Charles Beare, Bruce Carlson & Andrea Mosconi, Commune di Cremona, Cremona (illustrated)- Kleine Geigen - Grosse Meister (Exhibition, Aachen, May 1995), Verband Deutscher Geigenbauer und Bogenmacher, Aachen (illustrated)
- The Late Cremonese Violin Makers, Dmitry Gindin, Editioni Novecento, Cremona (illustrated)