Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Turin, 1780, the 'Ten Have'
Violin: 49267
Back: in one piece of quarter cut maple with broad flame descending from the treble side. There is an original wing of the same maple added to the lower treble bout.
Top: in two pieces of spruce with grain of varying widths, broadening towards the edges.
Scroll: of plainer maple.
Ribs: of similar wood.
Varnish: of an orange reddish-brown colour.
Length of back: 35.4 cm
Upper bouts: 16.9 cm
Middle bouts: 11.55 cm
Lower bouts: 20.85 cm
Provenance
| Jean Ten Have | |
| in 1850 and until 1872 | Carlhant |
| ... | ... |
| from 1872 | Willem Ten Have |
| until 1963 | Jacques Français |
| in 1963 | Robert Ten Have |
| from 1963 | E. Hertel |
| in 1964 | Dr. Maurice Hochberg |
| in 1965 | Sold by Rembert Wurlitzer Inc. |
| ... | ... |
| in 1979 | Sold by Robert Bein & Geoffrey Fushi |
| in 1979 | Anonymous |
| until 2019 | Anonymous |
| in 2019 | Sold by Tarisio Private Sales |
| from 2019 | Current owner |
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Robert Bein & Geoffrey Fushi (1979)- Valuation: Bein & Fushi, Inc, Chicago, IL (1979)
- Certificate: Rembert Wurlitzer Inc., New York, NY (1965)
- Letter: Jacques Français, New York, NY (1963)
- Certificate: Jacques Français, New York, NY (1963) #716.
- Certificate: Erwin Hertel (1963)
- Certificate: Caressa & Français, Paris
Certificate: Robert Bein & Geoffrey Fushi (1979)
Letter: Jacques Français, New York, NY (1963)Cozio holds copies of many certificates and other documents, some of which are available to view on request. Please contact us if you wish to view a particular document. (Note that we do not always have permission to share documents.)
References
Bein & Fushi 1980 Calendar, Bein & Fushi, Inc, Bein & Fushi, Chicago (illustrated)- Bein & Fushi Catalog, Summer, 1979, Bein & Fushi, Inc, Bein & Fushi, Chicago (illustrated)
- The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)
- The Travels of J. B. Guadagnini, Consorzio Liutai & Archettai Antonio Stradivari, Cremona (illustrated)
Bein & Fushi 1980 Calendar, Bein & Fushi, Inc, Bein & Fushi, Chicago (illustrated)
