Bartolomeo Giuseppe Guarneri 'del Gesù', Cremona, 1743, the 'Spalding'


Violin: 45063

Back: One-piece

Top: has a prominent knot

Varnish: Red-orange-brown

Length of back: 35.7 cm

Upper bouts: 16.7 cm

Middle bouts: 11.2 cm

Lower bouts: 20.2 cm

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Provenance

Sold by Wurlitzer
in 1937 and until 1958 Albert Spalding
... ...
in 1958 Sold by Rembert Wurlitzer Inc.
from 1958 Felix Slatkin
in 1975 Current owner

Known players

Albert Spalding, Norman Carol

Certificates & Documents

  • Certificate: Émile Français, Paris
  • Certificate: Wurlitzer, New York, NY
  • Certificate: Caressa & Français, Paris

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References

  • Journal of the Violin Society of America, Vol. I, No. 3, The Violin Society of America, Lansdowne, PA (illustrated)
  • Private Archives - 10746
  • Private Archives - 10842
  • The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Box 57 (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)
  • World of Strings, Autumn 1980, William Moennig & Son, Philadelphia

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