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Pietro Giovanni Guarneri

Italian violin maker
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Pietro Giovanni Guarneri was an Italian violin maker from Cremona, Italy, active in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. He was part of the renowned Guarneri family of violin makers, a lineage that included his father Andrea, and his brothers Giuseppe and Pietro.1

Pietro Giovanni Guarneri moved from Cremona to Mantua, where he developed a distinct style that differed from other Guarneri makers. His violins featured a wider space between the sound holes, rounder and more perpendicular sound holes, more contracted middle bouts, and a more raised model. While his work was notable, the greatest of the Guarneri family was his nephew, Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù.1

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