Andrea Guarneri, Cremona, c. 1691

Violin: 43031

FIT TO SCREEN FULL SIZE

Labeled, "Andreas Guarnerius Cremonæ sub, titulo Sanctæ Teresiæ 1691."

Showing the hand of Giuseppe Guarneri 'filius Andreae'. Rosewood pegs.

Back: in two pieces of quarter-cut maple with fine horizontal flame.

Top: in two pieces of spruce with medium variable width grain.

Scroll: of plainer maple (the freely cut head shows the hand of Giuseppe filius Andreae).

Ribs: of similar wood.

Varnish: of an orange brown color.

Length of back: 35.3 cm

Upper bouts: 16.4 cm

Middle bouts: 10.9 cm

Lower bouts: 20.4 cm

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Provenance

	Anonymous
until 1887	W. E. Hill & Sons
from 1887	Arthur Speyer
in 1986
from 1986	Fred Schlicting
in 2000	Royal Academy of Music, London
until 2017	Anonymous
in 2017	Sold by Tarisio
from 2017	Current owner

Proforma Certificate: Tarisio, London (2017)
Certificate: Bein & Fushi, Inc, Chicago, IL (1986) Ascribing the violin to Joseph Guarneri 'filius Andreae'.
Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1927)

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Four Centuries of Violin Making: Fine Instruments from the Sotheby's Archive, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, Boston (illustrated)
Masterpieces of Italian Violin Making, David Rattray, Outline Press, London (illustrated)
Museum & Collections - What’s on - Royal Academy of Music
Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, November 16, 1999, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)
Sotheby's Photo Archive