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Andrea Guarneri (1623-1698) is the founder of the Guarneri School. Around 1636, Andrea entered Nicolò Amati’s workshop. He not only learned the craft from his master, but also made great efforts on studying the refinement of Amati’s violins.
Andrea left Amati’s workshop in 1654 and established his own. It was until 1670 Andrea finally developed his own style by modifying the outlines of the violin.
Compared with Amati, Andrea’s violin has a lower arch of the front, narrower C-bouts and larger F holes. Although Amati’s violin is delicate, the scroll of Andrea’s violin manifests his own style. We can notice tool marks and occasionally even some asymmetry in the appearance of Andrea’s violin. The tone of Andrea’s violin, on the other hand, is very graceful despite of its robust outlook. Andrea’s varnish ranged from red to brown spectrum. The golden brown varnish was most frequently used, resulting in a vivid and semi-translucent effect. However, the most conspicuous characteristic of his varnish is the daring application of an amber-hued varnish to make a warm and dewy texture. In respect of varnish, Andrea seems to be even superior in some way or other to his master, Nicolò Amati.
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