Pietro Guarneri of Venice, Venice, 1735
Cello: 45302
Labeled, "Petrus Guarnerius Filius Joseph / Cremonesis fecit Venetiis / Anno 1735."
Back: Two-piece of small upwards-slanting figure
Top: of open grain
Scroll: later, of figure similar to back
Ribs: of prominent medium figure
Varnish: Red over a golden ground
Length of back: 73.1 cm
Upper bouts: 35 cm
Middle bouts: 25 cm
Lower bouts: 43.25 cm
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Association des Maitres Luthiers Suisses (1974) Attributes the instrument to Peter Guarneri of Venice.- Certificate: Jacques Français, New York, NY (1962) Attributes the instrument to Peter Guarneri of Mantua.
Certificate: Association des Maitres Luthiers Suisses (1974) Attributes the instrument to Peter Guarneri of Venice.Cozio holds copies of many certificates and other documents, some of which are available to view on request. Please contact us if you wish to view a particular document. (Note that we do not always have permission to share documents.)
References
Alte Meistergeigen: Band I: Venezianer Schule, Verband Schweizerischer Geigenbaumeister, Verlag Edwin Bochinsky, Frankfurt am Main (illustrated)- Christie's Important Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, May 20, 1986, London, Christie's, Christie's, London (illustrated)
Alte Meistergeigen: Band I: Venezianer Schule, Verband Schweizerischer Geigenbaumeister, Verlag Edwin Bochinsky, Frankfurt am Main (illustrated)
