Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Milan, c. 1755
Violin: 77934
Labeled, "Joannes Battista filius Laurentii Guadagnini fecit Placentiae 1748."
Back: The back in one piece of quarter-cut maple with flame of medium width ascending slightly from treble to bass.
Top: The top in two pieces of spruce with grain of medium width.
Scroll: The head of plainer maple.
Ribs: The ribs of similar wood with slightly narrow flame.
Varnish: The varnish of a reddish-brown colour.
Length of back: 35.5 cm
Upper bouts: 16.6
Middle bouts: 11.2
Lower bouts: 20.9
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Provenance
| in 1899 | Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons |
| until 2017 | Anonymous |
| in 2017 | Sold by Tarisio Private Sales |
| from 2017 | Current owner |
Certificates & Documents
- Dendrochronology report: Peter Ratcliff, London (2017) Dates the latest ring of both sides as 1749, coming from the same tree.
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