Pietro Guarnieri (14 April 1695 – 7 April 1762) was an Italian
luthier
A luthier ( ; AmE also ) is a craftsperson who builds or repairs string instruments that have a neck and a sound box. The word "luthier" is originally French and comes from the French word for lute. The term was originally used for makers o ...
. Sometimes referred to as ''Pietro da Venezia'', he was the son of
Giuseppe Giovanni Battista Guarneri
Giuseppe Giovanni Battista Guarneri, better known as Giuseppe ''filius Andrea'' Guarneri (25 November 1666 – 1739/1740) was a violin maker from the prominent Guarneri family of luthiers who lived in Cremona, Italy.
Biography
Early life
Giov ...
, ''filius Andreae'', and the last of the
Guarneri house of violin-makers
Guarnieri lived in Cremona with his father until 1717. Finding life in Casa Guarnieri in some way uncongenial, he left Cremona for good in 1717. The master arrived and settled in Venice 1717. Here he blended the Cremonese techniques of his father with Venetian, working with Comel, Gobbetti and Tononi. The Venetian makers of the same period were
Matteo Goffriller
Matteo Goffriller (1659–1742) was a Venetian luthier, particularly noted for the quality of his cellos. He was active between 1685–1735 and was the founder of the " Venetian School" of luthiers, during a time when Venice was one of the most imp ...
,
Carlo Annibale Tononi
Carlo Annibale Tononi (1675–1730) was a luthier who trained and worked with his father in the Tononi family workshop in Bologna, Italy until his father, Johannes Tononi, died in 1713.
After his father's death, Tononi moved to the more importan ...
,
Francesco Gobbetti
Francesco, the Italian (and original) version of the personal name " Francis", is the most common given name among males in Italy. Notable persons with that name include:
People with the given name Francesco
* Francesco I (disambiguation), sev ...
,
Domenico Montagnana
Domenico Montagnana (24 June 1686 – 6 March 1750) was an Italian master luthier based in Venice, Italy. He is regarded as one of the finest violin and cello makers of his time.
His pieces, particularly his cellos, are sought after by orchestras ...
and
Sanctus Seraphin Sanctus Seraphin (Udine 1699 – Venice 1776), also known as Santo Serafin, was a successful luthier (violin maker), working in Venice. He closed his ''bottega'' (workshop) in 1741 but he continued to work in the bottega of Giorgio Serafin, his nep ...
. He married Angiola Maria Ferrari on 5 April 1728, with whom he had eleven children.
His first original labels from Venice date from 1721. His instruments are rare and as highly prized as those of his father and uncle.
Famous Instruments
*1723 violin, "Thibaud"
*1726 violoncello, "Esterhazy"
*1739 violoncello, "Beatrice Harrison"
*1747 violin, "Joachim"
See also
*
Guarneri family
The Guarneri (, , ), often referred to in the Latinized form Guarnerius, is the family name of a group of distinguished luthiers from Cremona in Italy in the 17th and 18th centuries, whose standing is considered comparable to those of the Amati an ...
*
Pietro Giovanni Guarneri Pietro Giovanni Guarneri (1655–1720), also known as ''Pietro da Mantua'' or ''Peter Guarnerius of Mantua'' was a violin maker of the Guarneri family who also worked as a professional musician. Today his instruments are highly regarded, though quit ...
(of Mantua)
References
* "Violin and Lute Makers of Venice 1640 - 1760" by Stefano Pio, Ed. Venice research, Venice Italy 2004. www.veniceresearch.com
* The Violin Makers of the Guarneri family, Their Life and Work - W.E. Hill & Sons, London, 1965
The Violin Site - Violin Making
1695 births
1762 deaths
Italian luthiers
People from Venice
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