Carlo Annibale Tononi, Venice, c. 1720
Violin: 42826
Labeled, "Carolus Tononi Bonon, fecit Venetijs 1712 studium labore correxit. P.", and branded "Carlo Tononi" below the button.
Back: One-piece
Length of back: 35.4 cm
Upper bouts: 16.9 cm
Middle bouts: 11.5 cm
Lower bouts: 21.6 cm
Provenance
| until 1957 | William H. Luff |
| ... | ... |
| in 1996 and until 2007 | Albert W. Cooper |
| ... | ... |
| in 2008 | Sold by Sotheby's |
Certificates & Documents
- Receipt: William H. Luff, London (1957)
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References
The Strad, October, 1996, Anne Inglis, Orpheus, London (illustrated)- Italian Violin Makers (1964), Karel Jalovec, Paul Hamlyn, London, 1964 (illustrated)
- Meister Italienischer Geigenbaukunst (8th Edition), Hamma & Co., Florian Noetzel Verlag, Wilhelmshaven (illustrated)
- Sotheby's Musical Instruments, including the Albert Cooper Collection, Auction Catalog, March 11, 2008, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)
- The Cooper Collection - Volume I, Albert W. Cooper, Ashford Publications, West Sussex (illustrated)