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Cremona: an account of the Italian violin-makers and their instruments, 1894
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1104. GUARNERIUS, Joseph. Cremona, 1680-1730. Son of Andreas. (b)
2Joseph Guarnerius filius Andreae fecit Cremonae sub titulo S. Theresiae 16—
3His first work shows that he was taking his own path, varying considerably from that of his father. The breast is narrower, from which circumstance the middle bouts have an elegant outline, and the arching rises rapidly from the edge to the centre. The shape of the F holes shows a peculiar combination of the lines of Nicola Amati and of Andreas Guarnerius, returning to a certain extent to the pointed form of Gaspard di Salo: the F holes are also rather deeper and near to the edge, a plan in which Carlo Bergonzi followed him later on. The varnish is of the most beautiful kind, and is sometimes put on so thickly that in some places it would appear to have congealed. He made violins, tenors, and violoncellos, the last seldom and with but little accuracy, from which fact it may be assumed that he devoted more attention to the construction of the smaller instruments. The tone of all his instruments is excellent, and they attain a high value.
5105. GUARNERIUS, Pietro. Cremona and Mantua, 1690-1728. Brother of the last. This master possesses much originality. In model and in workmanship he varies much from his brother, and in design also he differs from his father, Andreas. The
7(b) He was the third son of Andrea, and was born on the 25th of November, 1666, and died about 1739. His full name was Giuseppe Giovanni. He married Barbara Franchi, by whom he had three sons and three daughters. Of the latter, the third, Anna Caterina, is said to have worked as a maker of violins with her father. H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh possesses an excellent violin of 1684 by this maker. Mr. Charles Ould has a fine Italian violoncello which has been pronounced on high authority to be by him, but this instrument possesses characteristics of the work of Montagnana. The violoncellos of this maker are exceedingly scarce. Mr. Ould's is of the year 1698. The Beethoven violin of 1718 is by this maker.
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