Pietro Guarneri of Mantua, Mantua, 1714, the 'Marquis de Sers'
Violin: 42706
Bearing its original label, "Petrus Guarnerius Cremonensis fecit / Mantua sub tit. Sancta Teresiae 1704"; first three digits of date are printed, the last handwritten; a faded "i" or "1" can be seen written over the printed "0."
Back: One-piece cut on the slab
Top: of somewhat irregular grain
Length of back: 35.6 cm
Upper bouts: 16.8 cm
Lower bouts: 20.5 cm
Notes:
Dated 1714.Noteworthy sales: Florian Leonhard Fine Violins, London
Provenance
| Marquis de Sers | |
| until 1943 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| from 1943 | L. Gorodi |
| from 1957 | Dr. Alva P. Taylor |
| Dr. Ephraim P. Engleman | |
| until 1994 | John & Arthur Beare |
| from 1994 and in 1998 | Erich Gruenberg |
| Current owner |
References
The Strad, December, 2004, John Dilworth, Newsquest Specialist Media, London (illustrated)- I Centenari Dei Guarneri: 1698-1998, Consorzio Liutai e Archettai "Antonio Stradivai", Cremona (illustrated)
- Noteworthy sales: Florian Leonhard Fine Violins, London
- The Strad, June, 1957, London (illustrated)