Instrument

 
Label: original
Scroll: by Giuseppe filius Andreae
Varnish: Orange-red
Upper Bout: 16.4 cm.
Lower Bout: 20.4 cm.
Back: One-piece; possibly from the same log as the "D'egville"
Table: from the same tree as the "D'Egville"
Body Length: 35 cm.
Center Bout: 10.8 cm.

Photos

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  • front
  • side
  • back

Iconography Index

Black-and-white photos (front, back of scroll & corners): "Learning from Guarneri", Sam Zygmuntowicz, VSA Proceedings, Vol. XV, No. 3, November 10-16, 1996, 1996.

Order Color illustrations (front, back & side): The Violin Makers of the Guarneri Family, W. Henry, Arthur F. & Alfred E. Hill, William E. Hill & Sons, London, 1931.

Color photos (front & back): "cover", Stewart Pollens, The Strad, March, 1989, 1989.

Color photos (front & back): The Miracle Makers, Bein & Fushi, Chicago, 1998.

Color photos (front & back): The Violin Masterpieces of Guarneri del Gesù, Peter Biddulph, Peter Biddulph, London, 1994.

Color photos (front, back & side): "Italienische Streichinstrumente", Aloys Greither, Ars Musica, Heft 9 1973-1975.

Order Color photos (front, back, side & scroll - large, high-resolution plates): Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesú (2 volumes), Carlos Chiesa, John Dilworth, Roger Graham Hargrave, Stewart Pollens, Duane Rosengard & Eric Wen, Peter Biddulph, London, 1998.

Color photos (scroll): "Seeking Mrs. Guarneri", Roger Hargrave, The Strad, September, 2000, 2000.

Digital color photos (front, back & scroll): http://www.tarisio.com/archives/index.php


Provenance

Owner Owned From Owned In Owned Till Price paid
Dr. Mark Ptashne     1998     
J. & A. Beare         
...         
William Rosenwald  1944       
John Taylor Roberts (Hartford, Connecticut)  1929  1931     
Richard Bennett (Lancashire)  1905    1929   
W.E. Hill & Sons  1905    1905   
Baron Knoop  1900    1905   
W.E. Hill & Sons  1900    1900   
Louis Harvey D'Egville      1900   
Louis D'Egville (London)  1867  1878     
George Hart  1866    1867   
C. H. C. Plowden      1866   
John Hart (London)         
...         

Current owner Current owner
Indicates that the owner is or was also a musician Indicates that the owner is or was also a musician

Certificates

Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London, Huly 31, 1929

Dendrochronological analysis: Peter Klein, Hamburg, 1998. Youngest ring is 1729; both sides match both sides of the 1734 "D'Egville" (ID=417).

References

Order Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesú (2 volumes), Carlos Chiesa, John Dilworth, Roger Graham Hargrave, Stewart Pollens, Duane Rosengard & Eric Wen, Peter Biddulph, London, 1998.

Stradivarius-Guarnerius del Gesù: Catalogue descriptif de leurs instruments (Facsimile of Gand's notes from 1870-91), Charles-Eugène Gand, Les Amis de la Musique, Spa, 1994.

The Miracle Makers, Bein & Fushi, Chicago, 1998.

Order The Violin Makers of the Guarneri Family, W. Henry, Arthur F. & Alfred E. Hill, William E. Hill & Sons, London, 1931.

The Violin Masterpieces of Guarneri del Gesù, Peter Biddulph, Peter Biddulph, London, 1994.

"cover", Stewart Pollens, The Strad, March, 1989, 1989.

"Italienische Streichinstrumente", Aloys Greither, Ars Musica, Heft 9 1973-1975.

"Learning from Guarneri", Sam Zygmuntowicz, VSA Proceedings, Vol. XV, No. 3, November 10-16, 1996, 1996.

"Platonic Forms", Laurinel Owen, The Strad, December, 2001, 2001.

"Seeking Mrs. Guarneri", Roger Hargrave, The Strad, September, 2000, 2000.

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