Giovanni Battista Rogeri, Brescia, 1703
Violin: 43310
Bearing its original label, "Io. Bapt. Rogerius Bon, Nicolai Amatide Cremona alumnus Brixiae fecit Anno Domini 1703."
Back: Two-piece of medium curl slantin upwards slightly from the joint
Top: of fine grain
Scroll: of wood similar to back
Ribs: of wood similar to back
Varnish: Golden-brown
Length of back: 35.4 cm
Upper bouts: 16.4 cm
Lower bouts: 20 cm
Provenance
| Percy Woodgate | |
| Sold by Hamma & Co. | |
| Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons | |
| until 1904 | George Hart |
| 1904-1909 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| 1909-1944 | Louis Pecskai |
| 1944-1946 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| from 1946 | Zlatko Balokovic |
| in 1952 | Arthur N. Herman |
| until 1979 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| from 1979 | Current owner |
Known players
Louis Pecskai
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1979)
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References
The Strad, September, 1952, London (illustrated)- Meister Italienischer Geigenbaukunst (8th Edition), Hamma & Co., Florian Noetzel Verlag, Wilhelmshaven (illustrated)
- W. E. Hill & Sons Photographic Archive (illustrated)