Carlo Guadagnini I, Turin, 1806
Violin: 48766
Bearing its original label, "Carlo Guadagnini fece / in Torino nell'anno 1806 / Dirimpetto a Facaldo C+G/T."
Back: One-piece of native maple with small horizontal curl
Top: of medium grain
Scroll: plain
Ribs: plain
Varnish: Red-brown
Length of back: 35.2 cm
Upper bouts: 16.5 cm
Middle bouts: 10.9 cm
Lower bouts: 20.6 cm
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Provenance
| in 1993 | Sold by Sotheby's |
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Ludwig Tröstler, Vienna (1991)- Certificate: N. E. Simoutre, Basel (1961) before 1961
- Certificate: Fridolin Hamma, Stuttgart (1961) before 1961
- Certificate: Roger & Max Millant, Paris (1961) before 1961
- Certificate: Hamma & Co., Stuttgart (1957)
- Certificate: G. Defut, Paris (1952)
- Certificate: Roger & Max Millant, Paris (1950)
- Certificate: N. E. Simoutre, Basel (1908)
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References
The Strad, September, 1961, London (illustrated)- Italienische Geigenbauer (1957), Karel Jalovec, Artia, Prague, 1957 (illustrated)
- Meister Italienischer Geigenbaukunst (8th Edition), Walter Hamma & Co., Florian Noetzel Verlag, Wilhelmshaven (illustrated)
- Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, April 29, 1993, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)
- W. E. Hill & Sons Photographic Archive (illustrated)