Pietro Guarneri of Venice


Violin maker
(1695 – 1762)

Pietro Guarneri, the elder son of Giuseppe 'filius Andreae', should rightly have been first in line to inherit his father's shop in Cremona, but after 10 years of apprenticeship in the family business he left for Venice in 1717. Violin making in Cremona was at that time dominated almost exclusively by the Stradivari family, which made doing business more difficult for the Guarneris, and Pietro found ...Read More job security in Venice, where he was employed in the Sellas workshop alongside Carlo Tononi.

Instruments by this member of the Guarneri family are rare, and distinguished for their convincing union of Venetian and Cremonese styles. Cellos in particular are highly valued along with those of his contemporaries Matteo Gofriller and Domenico Montagnana. Interestingly, several works from 1721 bear Cremonese labels for reasons unknown, despite Pietro's relocation several years before. Read Less


Price History

- The auction record for this maker is $773,574 in Jun 2023, for a violin.
- 27 auction price results.

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Guarneri family tree

Instruments

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Cello - 1735
Venice
the 'Schoenfeld, ex-Nelsova'

Cello - c. 1739
Venice
the 'Beatrice Harrison'

Cello - 1740
Venice
the 'Bisiach'

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