Name Giovanni Guadagnini | Years active 1729–1786 Role Luthier | |
Also known as G. B. GuadagniniGiambattista Guadagnini Similar People Carlo Giuseppe Testore, Francesco Ruggieri, Gasparo da Salo, Australian String Quartet, Natalie Clein | ||
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Giovanni Battista Guadagnini (or "G. B. Guadagnini"); (23 June 1711 – 18 September 1786) was an Italian luthier, regarded as one of the finest craftsmen of string instruments in history. He is widely considered the third greatest maker after Antonio Stradivari and Giuseppe Guarneri "Del Gesu".
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Biography
Guadagnini was born in Bilegno in Val Tidone near Piacenza, now in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. He practiced his craft from about 1729 until his death, and his work is divided into four main periods corresponding to and named after, Piacenza, Milan, Parma and Turin, the four cities in Italy where he lived and worked. The instruments of the Milan and Turin periods are generally considered to represent his best work, and tend toward higher valuations. The world-record price for a Guadagnini violin was set by the ‘Dorothy DeLay’ of 1778 when it auctioned for $1.39 million USD in 2013 by Tarisio Auctions. However, private sales for his finest examples have approached $2 million USD.
Guadagnini's father, Lorenzo, his son, Giuseppe, and some other members of the Guadagnini family continued in the line of violin making through several generations.
He died in Turin in 1786.
Performers who have used or are using Guadagnini instruments
