Bow & Bridge Violin and bow makers, as the old books printed them

Guarneri, Pietro

Mantua · b. 1695

Historical maker

Named in 2 books.

What the books printed

A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London; New York: Novello, Ewer, 1896. Page 43, scan 51.
Guarneri, Pietro, son of Giuseppe Giovan Battista Guarneri, grandson of Andrea, b. April 14, 1695, at Cremona. Worked first in Mantua and …
A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London: Novello, n.d. Page 43, scan 53. Held as more than one scan.
Guarneri, Pietro, son of Giuseppe Giovan Battista Guarneri, grandson of Andrea, b. April 14, 1695, at Cremona. Worked first in Mantua and …
  • Entries from 2 books stand under this name, and the software judged them near-certain the same person. Tell us if that is wrong and we will split the record.

Labels the books quote

  • "Petrus Guarnerius filius Joseph Cremonensis fecit Venetiis, anno 1739" (A dictionary of violin makers, 1896)
  • "Petrus Guarnerius filius Joseph Cremonensis fecit Venetiis, anno 1739" (A dictionary of violin makers, n.d.)

Same name

Whether any of these is the same person, the books do not say. 11 more Guarneri pages under G.

Same town, same time

8 other Mantua makers have a year in the 1600s. A few of them:

All Mantua makers