Francesco Rugeri, known by the epithet 'il Per,' was a Cremonese violin maker active in the last quarter of the seventeenth century. His labeled instruments span from 1672 to 1696, establishing a working period of at least twenty-four years [5][6][7][9][10]. Rugeri constructed violins of consistent proportions—backs measuring 35.1–35.6 cm—alongside at least one cello with a back length of 76.3 cm [5][6][7][8][10]. The epithet 'il Per' appears consistently across his labels, though its precise meaning remains unclear from the catalog material alone. His instruments represent the later Cremonese tradition, produced during the period following the major workshops of Stradivari and Guarneri.
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