Andrea Guarneri, Cremona, 1697
Cello: 42063
Bearing its original label, "Andreas Guarnerius fecit Cremonæ sub titulo Sanctæ Teresiæ 1697."
Back: Two-piece cut partly on the slab of irregular but mostly medium horizontal curl, with an original wing in the lower right bout
Top: of well-pronounced medium very even grain
Scroll: of medium curl
Ribs: of medium curl
Varnish: Golden-brown
Length of back: 74.3 cm
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Notes:
"At the time of writing the Hill brothers reported that they knew of only fourteen violoncellos from the hand of Andrea Guarneri. The present instrument is an example of the smaller and more manageable form which they believed was in all probability the innovation of this maker commencing from around 1690. At the time that this violoncello was made, Andrea was about 71 years old and therefore the suggestion by the Hills and by Charles Beare in 'The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments' (Vol 2, pp83) that his son Giuseppe probably assisted in the production of these later instruments is very logical."Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, June 15, 1989, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, June 15, 1989, London, London
Provenance
| until 1919 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| from 1919 | Charles B. Lutyens |
| until 1926 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| from 1926 | J. R. Tans |
| until 1945 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| from 1945 | Noel Taylor |
| in 1989 | Sold by Sotheby's |
References
Four Centuries of Violin Making: Fine Instruments from the Sotheby's Archive, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, Boston (illustrated)- Italian Violin Makers (1964), Karel Jalovec, Paul Hamlyn, London, 1964 (illustrated)
- Italienische Geigenbauer (1957), Karel Jalovec, Artia, Prague, 1957 (illustrated)
- Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, June 15, 1989, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)
- Sotheby's Photo Archive
- The Strad 1996 Calendar, Orpheus Publications, London (illustrated)
- The Violin Makers of the Guarneri Family, W. Henry, Arthur F. & Alfred E. Hill, William E. Hill & Sons, London, 1931 (illustrated)