Object Details
maker
Guadagnini, Joannes Baptista
Description
This violin was made by Giovanni Baptista Guadagnini in Milan, Italy in 1752. Giovanni Baptista Guadagnini (known as “J. B.”), the son of the violin maker Lorenzo Guadagnini was born in Piacenza in 1711. He became the most famous member of this family of makers which extends into the 20th Century. J. B. was trained by his father, Lorenzo in Piacenza. In 1749 he moved to Milan and remained there until 1758. This violin is made of a two-piece table of spruce with wide, even grain, one-piece back of maple cut on the quarter with medium figure descending to the right, ribs and grafted pegbox and scroll of similar maple, and red-orange varnish.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Walter D. Ludwig
date made
1752
ID Number
1984.0769.01
catalog number
1984.0769.01
accession number
1984.0769
Object Name
violin
Physical Description
spruce (table material)
maple (back material)
Measurements
overall: 23 3/4 in x 8 1/4 in x 3 7/8 in; 60.325 cm x 20.955 cm x 9.8425 cm
Place Made
Italy: Lombardy, Milan
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_605500