Pietro Giacomo Rogeri, Brescia, 1720
Violin: 43314
Labeled, "Petrus lacòbus Rugierius Brixiensis / fecit anno Domini 1720."
Back: Two-piece
Length of back: 35.6 cm
Upper bouts: 17.2 cm
Lower bouts: 21.1 cm
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Notes:
"A 300-year-old Italian violin worth $425,000 was one of several musical instruments stolen from the Yonkers home of Masao Kawasaki, a world-class chamber musician and professor. . . . The stolen violin was a dark-brown instrument built around the turn of the 18th century by Pietro Giacomo Rogeri of Brescia, Italy. . . . Anyone with information about the crime or the location of the instruments is asked to call detectives at 914-377-7725."The Journal News | lohud.com | Westchester, Rockland, Putnam news
Provenance
| until 1941 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| from 1941 | J. G. Hesketh |
| in 1942 | Harry Freeman |
| until 1951 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| from 1951 | Alan Loveday |
| until 1957 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| from 1957 | Williams |
| until 1972 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| from 1972 | Dr. Arved Kurtz |
| Sold by John & Arthur Beare | |
| in 2003 | Current owner |
References
Maestronet News
Meister Italienischer Geigenbaukunst (8th Edition), Hamma & Co., Florian Noetzel Verlag, Wilhelmshaven (illustrated)- The Strad, 1942, London, Dec 1942 (illustrated)
- The Journal News | lohud.com | Westchester, Rockland, Putnam news
- W. E. Hill & Sons Photographic Archive (illustrated)