Pietro Guarneri of Venice, Venice, 1750, the 'Shapiro'


Violin: 41623

Back: One-piece

Length of back: 35.6 cm

Upper bouts: 16.8 cm

Lower bouts: 20.6 cm

Provenance

in 1931 and until 1939 Dr Otto Krebs
... ...
1939-1950 Daniel Karpilowsky
... ...
from 1950 and in 2008 Current owner

Certificates & Documents

  • Certificate: John & Arthur Beare, London (2008)
  • Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1961) Explains that the instrument in the Hill Guarneri book listed as the ex-Wieniawski is actually a different instrument.
  • Letter: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1939) "In those days, strange to relate, the violin was accepted as the work of Nicolo Amati and it was I who denounced this attribution and declared it to be the work of Pietro Guarneri -- that was some 30-35 years ago!"
  • Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1939)

Cozio holds copies of many certificates and other documents, some of which are available to view on request. Please contact us if you wish to view a particular document. (Note that we do not always have permission to share documents.)

References

  • Correspondence with Eric Benning, January, 2008
  • L'Esposizione di Liuteria Antica a Cremona nel 1937, Comitato Stradivariano, Cremona (illustrated)
  • The Violin Makers of the Guarneri Family, W. Henry, Arthur F. & Alfred E. Hill, William E. Hill & Sons, London, 1931 (illustrated)

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