Iconography Index
"Guarneri 'del Gesu'", John Dilworth & Tim Ingles, The Strad, April, 2008, 2008.: Color photos (front, back & scroll).
Ole Bull 2010: Guarneri del Gesu Collection, John Dilworth, Bergen, 2010.: Color photos (front, back, side & scroll).
Notes
- "Vieuxtemps played on the violin for over 15 years, and in his letter of 1878 he refers to it as his old friend and inseparable companion of 20 years. He also mentions that it helped him to compose his D minor concerto (no.4, op.31), which was published around 1850, so we can assume that he acquired the violin in the late 1840s. It is highly likely therefore that he would have given the premiere of his 4th and 5th concertos, which date from c.1850 and 1861 respectively, on this violin. In the letter he describes how the violin ‘performed’ his 4th concerto ‘avec un éclat et une puissance remarquable.’ "
- Correspondence with Sotheby's, February, 2008.
Provenance
Current owner
Indicates that the owner is or was also a musician
Players
Current player
Indicates that the musician is or was also an owner of one or more instruments
Certificates
Letter: Henri Vieuxtemps, October 10, 1878. Refers to the instrument as "un des beaux spécimens du maitre, et d’une sonorité puissante et sympathique, tout a la fois."
References
Caressa & Francais Notebook (c1900 - 1936), part of the Jacques Francais Collection at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C..
Ole Bull 2010: Guarneri del Gesu Collection, John Dilworth, Bergen, 2010.
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.
"Guarneri 'del Gesu'", John Dilworth & Tim Ingles, The Strad, April, 2008, 2008.
Correspondence with Sotheby's, February, 2008.
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