Andrea Guarneri, Cremona, 1660, the 'Russian State Collection'
Viola: 40792
Labeled, "Andreas Guarnerius fecit Cremonae sub titulo Sanctaie Teresiae."
Back: Two-piece maple, cut on the quarter, showing a light somewhat irregular figure
Top: of spruce with evenly displaced annual rings
Scroll: of plain maple
Varnish: Brown-yellow
Length of back: 41.6 cm
Upper bouts: 19.8 cm
Middle bouts: 13.9 cm
Lower bouts: 24.6 cm
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Notes:
The date on the label is illegible, but the instrument is believed to be the earliest of the 5 known Andrea Guarneri violas.I Centenari Dei Guarneri, I Centenari Dei Guarneri: 1698-1998, Cremona
Provenance
| Duke Meklenburg-Strelsky | |
| until 1919 | Count Matvey Vielgorsky |
| from 1919 | Russian State Collection, Moscow |
Known players
Fiodor Druzhinin
References
I Centenari Dei Guarneri: 1698-1998, Consorzio Liutai e Archettai "Antonio Stradivai", Cremona (illustrated)
ROSIZO State Museum- The History of the Viola, Volume 2