Bartolomeo Giuseppe Guarneri 'del Gesù', Cremona, 1732, the 'Pixis'
Violin: 43699
Label not original.
Back: One-piece of broad curly maple
Top: of close-grained spruce
Ribs: of wood matching back; unusually thick
Varnish: Red
Length of back: 34.9 cm
Upper bouts: 16.5 cm
Middle bouts: 11 cm
Lower bouts: 20.5 cm
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Notes:
The date of this instrument is listed as 1732 by the Hills.The Violin Makers of the Guarneri Family (1626-1762), W. Henry, Arthur F. & Alfred E. Hill, W. Henry, Arthur F. & Alfred E. Hill, The Violin Makers of the Guarneri Family, London
"According to Mr. Phipps Jr., his father (in consultation with his uncle, John S. Phipps, a violin collector) purchased the instrument in 1943 for his musically gifted son from Mr. Bennett's widow, Katherine D. Bennett. (According to an announcement from the American Art Association's Anderson Galleries in New York, Mr. Bennett's entire collection was put up for sale in 1932, but in light of Mr. Phipps's account, the instrument was presumably not sold."
A Living Legacy, Lisa Robinson, A Living Legacy: Historic Stringed Instruments at the Juilliard School, New Jersey
Provenance
| Friederich Wilhelm Pixis | |
| until 1880 | Louis Turban |
| 1880-1885 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| from 1885 | Gilbert Watson |
| until 1892 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| in 1892 | Sold by Hamma & Co. |
| from 1892 | Ernst Kessler |
| in 1931 | Theodore Spiering |
| Sold by Nathan E. Posner | |
| until 1932 | John Hudson Bennett |
| in 1932 | Sold by Anderson Galleries Inc. |
| ... | ... |
| from 1943 | Howard Phipps, Sr. |
| until 2000 | Howard Phipps, Jr. |
| from 2000 | Juilliard School of Music |
Known players
Ani Kavafian, Fredrich Wilhelm Pixis, Theodore Spiering
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1926)
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References
A Living Legacy: Historic Stringed Instruments at the Juilliard School, Lisa Robinson, Amadeus Press, New Jersey (illustrated)- L'Esposizione di Liuteria Antica a Cremona nel 1937, Comitato Stradivariano, Cremona (illustrated)
- Friedrich Brothers Rare Old Violins (1919), Ernest N. Doring, John Friedrich & Brothers, New York (illustrated)
- The Collection of John Hudson Bennett Catalog, February 5, 1932, New York, New York (illustrated)
- The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)
The Juilliard School- The Violin Makers of the Guarneri Family, W. Henry, Arthur F. & Alfred E. Hill, William E. Hill & Sons, London, 1931