Giuseppe Guarneri 'filius Andreae', Cremona, 1710
Violin: 48113
Labeled, "Joseph Guarnerius flius Andreae fecit Cremone sub titulo S. Teresie 1710."
The scroll by Pietro Guarneri "of Mantua" but original to the violin.
Back: Two-piece of narrow curl
Top: of narrow grain on bass flanks opening to medium grain on treble flanks
Scroll: of medium curl
Ribs: of bolder medium curl
Varnish: Red on golden-brown ground
Length of back: 35.5 cm
Upper bouts: 16.4 cm
Lower bouts: 20.2 cm
Notes:
". . .much use and wear, restorations back and front. . ."Bonhams Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, November 5, 2007, London, Bonhams, Bonhams Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, November 5, 2007, London, London
Provenance
| in 2006 | Sold by Bonhams |
| from 2008 | Valery Gergiev |
| until 2010 | Anonymous |
| in 2010 | Sold by Tarisio Private Sales |
| from 2010 | Current owner |
Certificates & Documents
- Dendrochronology report: John C. Topham, Surrey (2006) "The sequence cross-matches very significantly sequences taken from many instruments by classical Italian makers from Cremona and Venice . . . The match between all these sequences is very close, the differences in their graphical representations suggest that the pieces (of wood) came from trees that grew in the same local forest....."
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References
Bonhams Fine Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, November 6, 2006, London, Bonhams, Bonhams, London (illustrated)- Bonhams Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, November 5, 2007, London, Bonhams, Bonhams, London