Pietro Guarneri of Venice, Venice, 1732
Violin: 51985
Labeled, "Petrus Guarnerius Filius Joseph Cremonensis fecit Venetiis anno 1732."
Back: One-piece
Length of back: 35.5 cm
Upper bouts: 16.6 cm
Middle bouts: 11.1 cm
Lower bouts: 20.5 cm
Notes:
"At the end of June, the following instruments were stolen from a private house in Stuttgart:1 Violin Petrus Guarnerius, Venice 1732
2 Violin Laurentius Storioni, Cremona 1797
3 Violin Goffredo Cappa, Saluzio, 1609
4 Violin Jacobus Stainer, Absam 1670
5 Violin Giovanni Battista Rogeri, Brescia 1701
6 Violin Paul Blanchard, Lyon 1906
7 Violin Leopold Renaudin, Paris 1783
Also stolen were numerous blank certificates of Walter Hamma, which the thieves will presumably use to certify other instruments."
Beware of purchase!, The Strad, September, 1990, London
References
- The Strad, September, 1990, Orpheus, London
The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Box 60 (illustrated)
The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Box 60 (illustrated)
