Pietro Guarneri of Venice, Venice, 1743, the 'Baron Knoop'
Violin: 41411
Dated 1740.
Back: One-piece with broad flames descending sharply from treble to bass side
Top: of spruce with narrow grain at the center, broadening on the flanks
Scroll: of wood similar to back
Ribs: medium flamed
Varnish: Brownish red, unusually thick
Length of back: 35.7 cm
Upper bouts: 16.8 cm
Lower bouts: 20.4 cm
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Provenance
| until 1899 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| from 1899 | Baron Johann Knoop |
| until 1930 | Theodor Hämmerle |
| Sold by Emil Herrmann, New York | |
| until 1965 | Henry Hottinger |
| from 1965 | Rembert Wurlitzer Inc. |
| in 1973 | Paolo Peterlongo |
| ... | ... |
| in 1995 | Fondazione Pro Canale - Milano |
Known players
Marco Rizzi, Roberto Cani
References
…And They Made Violins in Cremona from Renaissance to Romantic Era, Conzorzia Liutai & Archetti A. Stradivari Cremona, Cremona (illustrated)- A Thousand Mornings of Music, Arnold Gingrich, Crown Publishers, New York (illustrated)
- Henry Hottinger Collection (illustrated)
- I Capolavori Cremonesi della Royal Academy of Music, Consorzio Liutai Antonio Stradivari, Cremona (illustrated)
- Les violons: Venetian instruments, paintings & drawings, Association pour la Promotion des Arts, Paris (illustrated)
- Patronage and investment in fine musical instruments, Fondazione Pro Canale, Milan (illustrated)
Positano On-Line: hotel in Positano.- Private Archives - 10842
- Strumenti ad Arco, Paolo Peterlongo, Edizioni Siei, Milan (illustrated)
- The Violin Makers of the Guarneri Family, W. Henry, Arthur F. & Alfred E. Hill, William E. Hill & Sons, London, 1931
- The Violin: Its physical and acoustic principles, Paolo Peterlongo, Paul Elek, London (illustrated)
- W. E. Hill & Sons Photographic Archive (illustrated)