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Art objects, books, color prints … thirty-two fine old violins … Japanese prints, 1940
41 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 15. See the scan on archive.org.
1Violins: Continued
356 LAURENTIUS (OR LORENZO) GUADAGNINNI:
4 Maker. Fl. 1690.
5 A Pupil of Antonio Stradivarius, at Cremona.
6 A fine old Solo violin. Golden brown varnish.
7 "His violins without exception of fine tone quality."
957 NICOLO AMATI: Maker: 1596-1684. "The Star of the Amati Family."
10 A beautiful instrument of wonderful tone, in the original condition. The "narrow-waist" type. Golden brown varnish.
11 Nicolo Amati was the most distinguished of a family of Violin makers. "Amati-Cremona," as Haweis says, "There is melody in the very syllables."
1358 JOSEPH GUARNERIUS "DEL GESU": Maker. Period 1730. 1698-1744. (Cremona)
14 "The Prince of Violin Makers": the greatest in a great family.
15 The back of Sycamore, cut on the slab; the Obverse cut from the Pine Log, containing the black shades, and widely known as Joseph's best.
16 Neck and scroll, though not original, match nicely.
17 The Tone is glorious.
18 Golden brown varnish.
2059 UNIDENTIFIED. Perhaps a Carlo Landolfy.
21 Fine old brown violin.
2360 SANTO (SERAPHINO): Maker. 1675-1730.
24 A Venetian violin-maker, pupil of Stradivarius.
25 A splendid violin in golden brown varnish.
2761 ANTONIUS STRADIVARIUS: Maker. 1644-1717.
28 Worked at Cremona; started for himself in 1667. Conceded "the Greatest Master."
29 Handsome back, but obverse shows considerable repair.
30 Heavy golden brown varnish.
31 This violin can "speak for itself".
3362 NICOLAS LUPOT: Maker. Paris, 1758-1824.
34 One of the prize instruments of this Master, it tells the story in black letters. A portrait of Napoleon on the back. Golden varnish.
35 Lupot was a disciple of Cremona, and the greatest of the family in the golden age of French Violin Makers.
36 "Every year increasing in value."—Haweis.
3863 JANUARIUS GAGLIANO: Maker. Naples, 1750.
39 One of his large models; a nice old violin.
40 Golden varnish.
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