Guarnerius

Family of violin makers at Cremona. The most famous was GIUSEPPE ANTONIO, 1683-1745, also called del Gesù, because of the symbol I.H.S. frequently found on his instruments.-His uncle, ANDREA, whose instruments were made from 1650 to 1695, was a pupil of Niccolo Amati.-His sons, GIUSEPPE and PIETRO, produced violins 1690-1730. IMG:content-0433.png:[graphic] IMG:content-0434.png:[graphic] painter of the School of Bo- Guercino, GHAN FRANCESCO BARBIERI, 1590--1666. Italian logna. In the Villa Ludovisi succe ful as BEGGARS OF THE SEA (q.v.) in capturing Spanish ve els and preparing the way for national independence.