Lot Essay
Sold with the certificates of Emil Herrmann dated 4 March 1933, Luthier Rosenthal dated 12 August 1959 and Rembert Wurlitzer Inc. dated 4 June 1966
THE EX-WERTHEIM
A FINE ITALIAN VIOLIN by Pietro Guarneri labelled Petrus Guarnerius Cremonensis fecit/Mantua sub tit Sanctae Teresiae 1703; the two-piece back of medium curl, the ribs and scroll similar, the table of narrow grain, the varnish of an orange brown colour, the length of back 13 15/16in. (35.4cm.)
Details
A FINE ITALIAN VIOLIN by Pietro Guarneri labelled Petrus Guarnerius Cremonensis fecit/Mantua sub tit Sanctae Teresiae 1703; the two-piece back of medium curl, the ribs and scroll similar, the table of narrow grain, the varnish of an orange brown colour, the length of back 13 15/16in. (35.4cm.)
Literature
Rembert Wurlitzer Inc., The Henry Hottinger Collection, New York, 1966, (illustrated)