1738 - Violin "Adam"

Back of two pieces of curly maple with broad curl, glued in a herringbone pattern with vertex at the bottom. Ribs of wood similar to that of the back. Scoll of maple very smooth. Orange-brown varnish.

  • 1738, Cremona
  • Joseph Guarnerius fecit Cremone Anno 1738 JHS (Original)
  • 35.3 cm
  • Stokolm (Sweden), Kungliga Musikaliska Akademien (Järnåker Foundation)
  • W. E. Hill & Sons, London, November 30, 1937
  • Charles Finch 1860/75; John Adam 1875/82; David Laurie (Glasgow) 1882; J. G. Orchar (Broughty Ferry, Dundee) 1897; Museum at Broughty Ferry 1897/1924; John Friedrich & Brothers (New York); Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. 1926/29; John Taylor Roberts (Hartford, Connecticut) 1929; Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. 1929/31; W.E. Hill & Sons 1937; L. H. Dulles (Paris) 1937; Emil Herrmann 1958; Eric Jarnaker 1977; Swedish Royal Academy of Music (Järnåker Foundation) 1999
  • Hill 1931; Sotheby's 1977 (II); Dilworth 1987; Barter 1999
creato:giovedì 23 maggio 2013
modificato:giovedì 23 marzo 2017