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The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1875
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1the form of the instruments of his uncle, Petrus, from whom, while in Mantua, he probably learnt his art. The work is very good, and his productions are well worthy of the Guernerian name. The varnish is rich, but not so transparent or so well laid on as to come up to the full standard. The scroll is rather weak.
3GUARNERIUS, Joseph Anthony, better known as Giuseppe del Jesù, his labels having the cypher IHS upon them. It is not known why he adopted this monogram, but it is possible that he belonged to a religious order in Cremona, common at that period among Italian tradesmen, who banded themselves together in various societies bearing religious titles.
5This famous maker of Violins was born at Cremona in the year 1683, and died in 1745. To M. Vuillaume, of Paris, we are indebted for the identification of the date of his birth, which he succeeded in obtaining in the year 1855.
7The extract from the register proves that Joseph Anthony Guarnerius, legitimate son of John Baptist Guarnerius and Angela Maria Locadella, was born at Cremona on the 8th of June, 1683, and was baptized on the 11th of the same month in the parish of Saint Donato, at the Chapel of Ease of the Cathedral.
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