di Guarneri Giuseppe Bartolomeo "JHS"

1742 - Violin "Alard"

Soundboard: two pieces of spruce not identical, with the inscription inside: "Acheté a Milan en 1853" and the mark of Vuillaume. Back of one piece of curly maple with broad discontinous curl descending to the right. Ribs and scroll of wood similar to that of the back. Neck original modernized by Vuillaume. Varnish from yellow to yellow-brown.

  • 1742, Cremona
  • Joseph Guarnerius fecit / Cremonae anno 1742 JHS
  • 35.35 cm
  • 16.7 cm
  • 11.5 cm
  • 20.8 cm
  • Paris (F), Musée de la Musique
  • E.1217
  • Dendrochronological analysis by John C. Topham, Surrey: Youngest ring is 1736
  • The violin was the preferred instrument of the violinist Jean-Delphin Alard, a professor at the CNSM of Paris from 1843 to 1875.
  • 1854 c., JB Vuillaume, Paris (modifying of the neck); June 30, 1890 Ghent & Bernadel (opening, cleaning and replacement, repair of the button punctured), April 27, 1943: Emile Français (opening, re-gluing and cleaning, replacement of the keyboard and pegs; fittings varnish, replacement of the bridge, frame, application of a chin and fine tuner); November 7, 1946: Emile Français (opening, re-gluing, replacement of pegs, setup of the bridge and the soundpost, laying of chinrest and fine tuner; rectification of the keyboard).
  • Luigi Tarisio 1854; Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume (Paris) 1854; Delphin Alard; Jeanne-Emile Alard 1888; Cité de la Musique, Musée de la Musique, Paris, 1888 (Gift M.me A. CROUE and D. Guesnet, born Alard)
  • 1937, Cremona: Mostra di Liuteria Antica Cremonese; 1998/99, Parigi: Violons, Vuillaume: un maître luthier français du XIXe siècle, 1798-1875; 2000, Cremona: ... E furono liutai in Cremona
  • Choquet 1884; Vidal 1889; Direction des Musées 1890/93; Hill 1931; S. a. 1937; AA. VV. 1938; Getreau 1996; AA. VV. 1998 (II); Pieters 1998; AA.VV. 2000; Chaudière 2002; Brandmair-Greiner 2010
creato:giovedì 8 marzo 2012
modificato:martedì 18 aprile 2017