Pietro Guarneri of Venice, Venice, 1721
Violin: 41614
Bearing its original label, ". . . Cremona. . ."
Back: Two-piece marked by a faint smallish curl
Top: of pine of even grain
Scroll: marked by a faint broad curl
Ribs: plain
Varnish: Brown
Length of back: 35.6 cm
Upper bouts: 16.8 cm
Lower bouts: 20.5 cm
Provenance
until 1907 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
... | ... |
in 1931 | Helen Egerton |
until 1965 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
... | ... |
in 1974 | Current owner |
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1965)
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References
The Strad, August, 1984, London (illustrated)
Geigen aus Venedig, Aloys Greither, Werner Dausien, Hanau (illustrated)
The Strad, November, 1974, London (illustrated)
The Violin Makers of the Guarneri Family, W. Henry, Arthur F. & Alfred E. Hill, William E. Hill & Sons, London, 1931 (illustrated)