Pietro Guarneri of Mantua, Mantua, 1707, the 'Kreisler'

Violin: 40350

FIT TO SCREEN FULL SIZE

Labeled, "Petrus Guarneri Cremonentis fecit Mantuæ fub tit. Sanćtæ Teresiæ 1707."

Back: in two pieces of quarter cut maple with medium to broad-width flame ascending from the center seam.

Top: in two pieces of spruce with medium-width grain broadening toward the edges.

Ribs: and head of slightly plainer maple.

Varnish: of a dark orange-brown color.

Length of back: 35.6 cm

Upper bouts: 16.8 cm

Middle bouts: 11.7 cm

Lower bouts: 20.6 cm

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Provenance

	Richard Bennett
until 1872
in 1872	Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons
1872-1893	Baron Robert Amadeus Heath
1893-1910	Baron Johann Knoop
in 1910	Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons
...	...
from 1926	W. E. Hill & Sons
1926-1931	Frederick Popple
1931-1936	W. E. Hill & Sons
from 1936	Fritz Kreisler
in 1945	Sold by Rudolph Wurlitzer Co.
from 1945	Anonymous
until 2012	Anonymous
in 2012	Sold by Tarisio Private Sales
from 2012	Anonymous
until 2022	Anonymous
from 2022	Current owner

Certificate: Tarisio, Berlin (2022)
Dendrochronology report: Peter Ratcliff, London (2022) Dates the latest ring of the bass and treble side as 1689 and 1687, respectively. Printed report available for purchase upon request.
Certificate: Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., New York, NY (1945)
Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1936)
Certificate: Emil Herrmann, New York, New York, NY

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36 Famous Italian Violins, Alex Wasinski, Herman Gordon, New York (illustrated)
The Strad, January, 1987, Michael Darnton, London (illustrated)
Ars Musica, Aloys Greither, Bayer AG, Heft 8 (illustrated)
Kreisler’s Violins, Cozio Carteggio feature, Tully Potter, 2017
The Emil Hermann Collection - Part II, Andy Lim & Gregory Singer, Darling Publications, Cologne / New York (illustrated)
The Violin Makers of the Guarneri Family, W. Henry, Arthur F. & Alfred E. Hill, William E. Hill & Sons, London, 1931 (illustrated)
W. E. Hill & Sons Photographic Archive (illustrated)