Pietro Guarneri of Venice, Venice, 1725
Cello: 41627
Labeled, "Petrus Guarnerius Cremonensis Filius Josef fecit Venetis Anno 1725."
Back: Two piece of pronounced horizontal medium curl
Top: of fine grain in the center, opening out towards the flanks
Scroll: of fainter medium curl
Ribs: of pronounced medium curl slanting from front to back
Varnish: Red-brown
Length of back: 74.9 cm
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Provenance
| in 1931 | Carl Hamburger |
| until 1943 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| 1943-1985 | Joyce Cordell |
| in 1985 | Sold by Sotheby's |
| from 1985 | Guy Fallot |
| from 1989 | Landeskreditbank Baden Württemburg |
Known players
Janina Ruh
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1923)- Certificate: John & Arthur Beare, London
- Certificate: Roland Baumgartner, Basel
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References
Die L-Bank Instrumentensammlung, Landeskreditbank Baden-Württemberg, Karlsruhe (illustrated)- Four Centuries of Violin Making: Fine Instruments from the Sotheby's Archive, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, Boston (illustrated)
- Geigen aus Venedig, Aloys Greither, Werner Dausien, Hanau (illustrated)
- Private documents transcription
- Sotheby's Highly Important Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, April 3, 1985, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)
- Sotheby's Photo Archive
- The Strad, December, 1995, John Dilworth, Orpheus, London (illustrated)
- The Strad 1996 Calendar, Orpheus Publications, London (illustrated)
- The Violin Makers of the Guarneri Family, W. Henry, Arthur F. & Alfred E. Hill, William E. Hill & Sons, London, 1931