Bartolomeo Giuseppe Guarneri 'del Gesù', Cremona, 1732, the 'Ferni'


Violin: 47698

Back: Two-piece

Length of back: 35.2 cm

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Provenance

Count Eugène Joseph Cessole
until 1847 Carolina Ferni
from 1847 Eugène Gand
in 1875 M. de Barry Guebwiller
until 1898 M. Emile de Bary
from 1898 W. E. Hill & Sons
from 1909 and in 1931 Sascha Culbertson
until 1945 Emil Herrmann, New York
from 1945 Henry Hottinger
until 1950 Emil Herrmann, New York
from 1950 Louis E. Brooks
until 1958 Jacques Français
... ...
from 1958 and in 1970 George Griesbach
... ...
in 2000 Machold Rare Violins, Ltd
Sold by Florian Leonhard
from c. 2005 Current owner

Certificates & Documents

  • Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1970)
  • Certificate: Emil Herrmann, New York, New York, NY (1945) #929.
  • Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1909)
  • Letter: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1909)
  • Certificate: Jacques Français, New York, NY #607.

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References

  • The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)
  • Machold Newsletter, Autumn 2000
  • The Strad, July, 1999, Orpheus, London (illustrated)
  • The Strad, 1910, B. Henderson, London, Jun 1910 (illustrated)
  • The Emil Hermann Collection - Part II, Andy Lim & Gregory Singer, Darling Publications, Cologne / New York (illustrated)
  • 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)
  • The Violin Makers of the Guarneri Family, W. Henry, Arthur F. & Alfred E. Hill, William E. Hill & Sons, London, 1931
  • W. E. Hill & Sons Photographic Archive (illustrated)

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