Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Milan, 1750


Violin: 44917

Labeled, "Giovanni Battista Guadagnini Pla / centinus fecit Mediolani 1750."

Back: Two-piece of broad curl

Top: of narrow grain, broadening towards the flanks

Scroll: of narrower figure

Ribs: of wood similar to back

Varnish: Orange over a golden ground

Length of back: 35.4 cm

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Notes:

This instrument was on loan to the first violinist of the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra for some years prior to 1988.

Christie's Important Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, November 23, 1988, London, Christie's, Christie's Important Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, November 23, 1988, London, London


Dated 1756 by Doring.

The Guadagnini Family of Violin Makers, Ernest N. Doring, Ernest N. Doring, The Guadagnini Family of Violin Makers, Chicago

Provenance

Sold by Emil Herrmann, New York
from 1925 William McPhail
in 1975 William McPhail
... ...
in 1988 Sold by Christie's

Certificates & Documents

  • Insurance valuation: Jacques Français, New York, NY (1975)
  • Certificate: Jacques Français, New York, NY (1975) #2963.
  • Certificate: Emil Herrmann, New York, New York, NY (1925)
  • Certificate: Emil Herrmann, New York, New York, NY

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References

  • Christie's Important Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, November 23, 1988, London, Christie's, Christie's, London (illustrated)
  • The Guadagnini Family of Violin Makers, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago
  • The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)

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