Bartolomeo Giuseppe Guarneri 'del Gesù', Cremona, 1743, the 'Baron Heath'
Violin: 43582
Bearing its original label, "Joseph Guarnerius fecit Cremone Anno 1743 HIS."
Back: Two-piece marked by a medium curl descending from the joint
Top: of pine of fine grain broadening towards the edges
Ribs: of wood similar to back; the bottom rib uncut
Varnish: Red-brown
Length of back: 35.4 cm
Upper bouts: 16.7 cm
Middle bouts: 11.4 cm
Lower bouts: 20.7 cm
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Notes:
The boxwood tailpiece is inlaid with gold and enamel with the armorial bearings of the Guarneri family.Sotheby's Highly Important Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, June 29, 1972, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, June 29, 1972, London, London
Provenance
| until 1870 | Carl Zack |
| until 1869 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| 1869-1879 | Baron Robert Amadeus Heath |
| from 1879 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| Sold by August Herrmann | |
| Carl von Siemens | |
| from 1910 | Stokken |
| Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons | |
| 1925-1926 | Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. |
| in 1926 | Mrs. Felix Kahn |
| from 1926 and in 1931 | Franz Kneisel |
| until 1941 | Mrs. Felix Kahn |
| in 1941 | Sold by Emil Herrmann, New York |
| 1941-1957 | John Nicholas Brown |
| 1957-1979 | Sam Bloomfield |
| 1979-1988 | Sam and Rie Bloomfield Foundation |
| in 1988 | Sold by Sotheby's |
| from 1988 | Current owner |
Known players
Samuel Dushkin
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Rembert Wurlitzer Inc., New York, NY (1957)- Certificate: Emil Herrmann, New York, New York, NY (1941)
- Certificate: Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., New York, NY (1928)
- Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1926)
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References
The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)- Four Centuries of Violin Making: Fine Instruments from the Sotheby's Archive, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, Boston (illustrated)
- The Strad, October, 1994, Stewart Pollens, Orpheus, London (illustrated)
- Meisterwerke Italienischer Geigenbaukunst, Fridolin Hamma, Hamma & Co., Stuttgart (illustrated)
- Sotheby's Bloomfield Collection Auction Catalog, November 23, 1988, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)
- Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, June 29, 1972, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)
- Sotheby's Photo Archive
- The Strad, June, 1972, Robert Lewin, London (illustrated)
- The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)
- W. E. Hill & Sons Photographic Archive (illustrated)