Giovanni Battista Rogeri, Brescia, 1697
Violin: 44679
Bearing its original label, "Jo. Bapt. Rogerius Bon, Nicolai Amati de Cremona alumnus Brixiae fecit Anno Domini 1697."
Back: One-piece, cut on the slab, with broad curl descending from left to right
Top: of fine grain in the center, opening out towards the flanks
Scroll: of wood similar to back
Ribs: of wood similar to back
Varnish: Golden brown
Length of back: 35.8 cm
Upper bouts: 16.5 cm
Lower bouts: 20.6 cm
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Notes:
Illustrated in the February 1914 issue of "The Strad."The Families Rugeri and Rogeri, Ernest N. Doring, Violins & Violinists, December, 1951, Chicago
Provenance
| in 1914 | Sold by Hamma & Co. |
| until 1932 | Hart & Son |
| from 1932 and in 1935 | Mrs C. Agnes Scott |
| until 1946 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| in 1946 | Sold by Hart & Son |
| from 1946 | Mrs. E. McCrowther |
| in 1987 | Sold by Sotheby's |
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1946)
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References
Alte Geigen (Hamma, 1898), Hamma & Co., Stuttgart (illustrated)- The Strad, February, 1914, Towry Piper, London (illustrated)
- The Strad, January, 1935, London (illustrated)
- Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, April 30, 1987, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)
- Violins & Violinists, December, 1951, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago