Giovanni Battista (I) Grancino
Auction price history
Highest auction price
£209,600
| Type | Details | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violin | 35.3 cm Milan, 1697 c. (head reported to be from another instrument) | November 2011 | £101,496 |
| Cello | 77.3 cm Milan, 1700 c. (later scroll) | October 2011 | £121,250 |
| Violin | 35.5 cm Milan, 1690 c. (table & head replaced) | June 2011 | £66,129 |
| Violin | 35.3 cm 1698 c. [Lit.] | March 2011 | £144,000 |
| Violin | 35.6 cm 1800 c. (the head later) [Attributed to] | December 2010 | £4,561 |
| Viola | 39.8 cm Milan, C 1670 [Ascribed to, or by "Ferdinando Alberti"] | October 2010 | £108,904 |
| Violin | 35.3 cm Milan, 1690 c. | April 2010 | £69,045 |
| Violin | 35.5 cm [Ascribed to] | June 2009 | £11,360 |
| Violin | 35.9 cm Mailand, 1697 | November 2008 | £66,855 |
| Violin | 35.4 cm Milan, 17… c. (scroll possibly not original) | October 2007 | £91,384 |
| Violin | 35.5 cm [Attributed to] | May 2007 | £9,217 |
| Violin | 35.4 cm Milan, 1690 c. | May 2006 | £35,257 |
| Cello | Milan, 1693 with 'Provenance' | November 2005 | £209,600 |
| Violin | Milan, 1700 c. | November 2005 | £80,525 |
| Violin | Milan, 1720 c. [Attributed to] | May 2005 | £21,600 |
| Violin | Milan, 1710 c. | May 2005 | £50,437 |
| Violin | [Ascribed to] | April 2005 | £15,038 |
| Violin | Milan, 1695 c. | November 2004 | £72,000 |
| Violin | Milan, 1695 c. (worm damage) | October 2004 | £46,055 |
| Viola | 39.8 cm Milan, 1710 c. | April 2004 | £40,392 |
| Violin | 1700 c. | November 2003 | £81,600 |
| Violin | 1690 | June 2002 | £36,905 |
| Violin | 1687 | November 1999 | £45,000 |
| Violin | 1695 | November 1999 | £111,500 |
| Cello | 1693 | November 1998 | £184,000 |
| Violin | 1662 | June 1996 | £47,700 |
| Violin | 1695 | June 1996 | £44,400 |
| Violin | 1700 c. | June 1995 | £45,500 |
| Viola | 42.1 cm 1690 c. | March 1995 | £52,900 |
| Cello | 1690 c. | June 1994 | £39,600 |
| Violin | 1690 c. | November 1993 | £31,050 |
| Violin | 1720 c. | June 1993 | £36,700 |
| Violin | 1700 c. | May 1993 | £27,867 |
| Cello | 1685-90 | November 1992 | £9,900 |
| Violin | 1705 c. | November 1992 | £24,200 |
| Cello | 70.5 cm 16-- | April 1992 | £14,850 |
| Cello | 1700 c. | November 1990 | £41,800 |
| Violin | 1719 | March 1990 | £41,800 |
| Violin | 1703 c. | November 1989 | £41,800 |
| Violin | 1670 c. | June 1989 | £29,700 |
| Cello | 1701 | November 1988 | £61,600 |
| Violin | 1690 c. | November 1988 | £4,620 |
| Cello | 1703 | June 1987 | £52,800 |
| Cello | 1690 c. | April 1987 | £33,000 |
| Cello | 1700 c. | May 1986 | £31,900 |
| Cello | 1695 | March 1986 | £28,600 |
| Violin | 1690 c. | March 1984 | £6,050 |
| Violin | 1708 | January 1984 | £15,156 |
| Violin | 1706 | November 1983 | £12,100 |
| Violin | 1723 | June 1983 | £7,700 |
| Violin | 1725 | November 1982 | £9,350 |
| Cello | 1700-25 | April 1982 | £17,600 |
| Cello | 1684 | November 1980 | £17,600 |
Biographies
John Dilworth
GRANCINO, Giovanni Battista (I) Born 1637, died 1709 Milan Italy Eldest son of Andrea Grancino, above. Lived and worked in the Contrada Larga, as did the others of the family and most of the known Milanese violin makers. His shop, presumably inherited from his father, was identified by the sign ‘della Corona’ which is given on his labels. After early work with his brother, Giovanni developed a distinctive and original style, and is the foremost maker of the Milan school. Teacher of Carlo Antonio Testore and employer of Bartolomeo Pasta, previously a pupil of Nicolò Amati in Cremona. He also taught his son, Giovanni Battista (II), below, but disinherited him in 1709 after his involvement in the murder of Antonio Maria Lavazza. The elder Grancino’s earlier broad Andrea Guarneri-like work developed into an elegant and very personal model distinguished by a narrow edge with delicate, slightly drooping upper corners, a low but pinched arching, and beautifully rendered soundholes with a strong Stradivarian influence evident in the broad wings. The scroll too is very distinctive, the volutes deeply dished and narrow with a small eye of almost conical shape. The varnish is of a rich yellow-gold colour. A very fine double-purfled contralto viola is in the collection or the Royal Academy of Music, London, but otherwise he seems not to have made violas without the assistance of his brother. Cellos are more common, but were made on a very large pattern, and most of those in use today have been cut down. Gio. Bapt. Grancino in Contrada / Largha di Milano, anno 16.. Gio. Grancino al Segno della Corona / in Contrada larga di Milano, fece 16..
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