Matteo Goffriller, Venice, 1729, the 'Menter'
Cello: 42881
Back: Two-piece
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Notes:
"Like so many Gofriller instruments, this one was long believed to be made by Carlo Bergonzi, and is so listed in the Stradivari Bicentenary celebration held in Cremona in 1937."Matteo Gofriller of Venice - Part IV, Ernest N. Doring, Violins & Violinists, October, 1949, Chicago
Provenance
| Joseph Menter | |
| Auguste Lindner | |
| Paolo Rotondo | |
| in 1937 | Marquis Ottavio de Piccolellis Barbey |
| until 1943 | Emil Herrmann, New York |
| ... | ... |
| from 1943 and in 1975 | Lucien Kirsch Laporte |
| ... | ... |
| from 1978 and in 1988 | Current owner |
Known players
Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi
References
- Importing Tradition
L'Esposizione di Liuteria Antica a Cremona nel 1937, Comitato Stradivariano, Cremona (illustrated)- Violins & Violinists, October, 1949, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago
- The Cello, Elizabeth Cowling, B. T. Batsford Ltd., London (illustrated)
- The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)