Violin op.41,
copy of Guarneri del Gesu's "Kochanski" 1741

This violin is a copy of Guarneri del Gesu's "Kochanski" from 1741 — one of the most significant violins of the master's last, perhaps finest period (1740–1744), remarkable for its excellent state of preservation and near-untouched varnish. The instrument belonged to the Polish violinist Paweł Kochański until his death in 1934, later to the violinist Aaron Rosand, and sold in 2009 for around €7.3 million.