1742 - Violin "Lord Wilton"

Back of one piece of curly maple with broad curl descendant to the right. Ribs and scroll of wood similar to that of the back. Pale orange-brown varnish.

  • 1742, Cremona
  • Original
  • 35.2 cm
  • 16.8 cm
  • 11.2 cm
  • 20.6 cm
  • Dendrochronological analysis by Peter Klein, Hamburg, 1998: Youngest ring is 1739
  • David L. Fulton
  • Leonora von Stosch (1902), Yehudi Menuhin (1944 e 1978/99)
  • Lord Wilton 1887; Viscount Grey de Wilton 1898/1901; W.E. Hill & Sons 1901; Robert E. Brandt (Exeter) 1901/02; W.E. Hill & Sons 1902; Sir Edgar Speyer 1902/21; Richard Bennett (Southport, Lancashire); W.E. Hill & Sons 1930/52; Zlatko Balokovic (New York) 1952/61; Rembert Wurlitzer Inc. 1966; Jack Marlin 1966/72; Jacques Français 1978; Yehudi Menuhin 1978/99; David L. Fulton 1999
  • 1994, New York: The Violin Masterpieces of Guarneri del Gesù
  • Hill 1931; S. a. 1944 (III); Moore 1965; AA.VV. 1994; Chiesa-Hargrave-Pollens 1998; Bein 2004; Dilworth 2004; Christie's 2010 (II)
creato:giovedì 8 marzo 2012
modificato:mercoledì 31 gennaio 2018