Pietro Guarneri of Mantua, Mantua, 1715
Violin: 44621
Bearing its original label, "Petrus Guarnerius Cremonensis fecit Mantuae sub tit. Sanctae Teresiae 1715."
Back: Two-piece, cut on the slab, of irregular medium curl
Top: of medium grain
Scroll: of faint narrow curl
Ribs: cut on the quarter of medium curl
Varnish: Red-brown
Length of back: 35.6 cm
Provenance
until 1948 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
from 1948 | Mrs. R. Bor |
in 1969 | Sold by Sotheby's |
from 1969 | G. Black |
in 1983 | Sold by Sotheby's |
Certificates & Documents
- Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1948)
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References
- Sotheby's Highly Important Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, April 7, 1983, Part I, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)
- Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, November 27, 1969, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)