Daniel Auner | Violin

A beauty, isn't she...

A violin by Giovanni Battista Guadagnini

The instrument belongs to the collection of the Austrian National Bank and has an est. value of 1.3 Million Euro.

Giovanni Battista Guadagnini was an Italian luthier, today being regarded as one of the finest craftsmen of string instruments in history.He is widely considered the third greatest maker next to Antonio Stradivari and Giuseppe Guarneri "del Gesù".

Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, aka Johannes Baptista Guadagnini, was born roughly 40 minutes away from the City of Cremona on June 23, 1711 at Borgonovo Val Tidone of Piacenza

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.