Bartolomeo Giuseppe Guarneri 'del Gesù', Cremona, c. 1715-22, the 'Titan, Möller, Moskowsky'
Violin: 61284
Photo courtesy of Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. For more information, contact Archivescenter@si.edu. (Digital images created using a handheld digital camera.)
Dated 1727.
Back: in two-pieces of quarter cut maple with descending slightly from the centre-joint.
Top: by Guarneri 'del Gesu' c. 1740.
Scroll: of the filius type later reworked by Joseph Guarneri 'del Gesu'.
Length of back: 35.6 cm
Upper bouts: 16.4 cm
Middle bouts: 10.8 cm
Lower bouts: 20.3 cm
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Provenance
| Sold by Max Möller & Son | |
| Oskar Back | |
| in 1950 | Current owner |
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Hamma & Co., Stuttgart- Certificate: Paul Deschamp, Paris
- Certificate: Simone Fernando Sacconi, New York, NY
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References
- Private Archives - 10842
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)
The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)
