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)