Giuseppe Guarneri 'filius Andreae', Cremona, 1692

Cello: 43032

FIT TO SCREEN FULL SIZE

Labeled, "Sub disciplina Andreae Guarnerij in eius, officina sub titulo S. Teresie Cremone 1693."

Back: in one piece of Italian willow.

Top: in two pieces of spruce with with broad-width grain, broadening further toward the edges.

Scroll: of plainer ash wood.

Ribs: of similar wood.

Varnish: of a dark red-brown color.

Length of back: 75.8 cm

Upper bouts: 35.2 cm

Middle bouts: 24.0 cm

Lower bouts: 44.0 cm

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Provenance

in 1989	Sold by Christie's
...	...
from 1998 and in 2013	Anonymous
in 2000	Royal Academy of Music, London
...	...
from c. 2015	Current owner

Dendrochronology report: John C. Topham, Surrey (2000) Dating the youngest tree ring to 1671.
Certificate: Rembert Wurlitzer Inc. (photocopy), New York, NY (1962)
Dendrochronology report: Peter Klein, Hamburg Dating the youngest tree ring to 1671.

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Christie's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, March 31, 1989, London, Christie's, Christie's, London (illustrated)
I Capolavori Cremonesi della Royal Academy of Music, Consorzio Liutai Antonio Stradivari, Cremona (illustrated)
Masterpieces of Italian Violin Making, David Rattray, Outline Press, London (illustrated)
Museum & Collections - What’s on - Royal Academy of Music
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