Guadagnini Violin
date: label: date made
content: 1752
name: label: maker
content: Guadagnini, Joannes Baptista
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: Italy: Lombardy, Milan
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Violins
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Walter D. Ludwig
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.0769.01
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0769.01
label: accession number
content: 1984.0769
objectType: label: Object Name
content: violin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: spruce (table material)
label: Physical Description
content: maple (back material)
label: Measurements
content: 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