Domenico Montagnana, Venice, 1731, the 'Bloomfield'

Violin: 41055

FIT TO SCREEN FULL SIZE

Labeled, "Domenicus Montagnana Sub Si- / gnum Cremonæ Venetiis 1731."

Back: Two-piece of medium to narrow curl descending from the joint

Top: of fine grain in the center, opening out towards the flanks

Scroll: of curl similar to back

Ribs: of curl similar to back

Varnish: Red brown

Length of back: 35.2 cm

Upper bouts: 16.15 cm

Middle bouts: 10.4 cm

Lower bouts: 20.4 cm

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Notes:

Shown at the Exhibition of Venetian instruments in Boston, May, 2002.

The Violinmakers of Venice, The Violinmakers of Venice: 1582-1885 (CD-ROM), Boston

Provenance

	Sold by Hamma & Co.
in 1966	Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons
until 1979	Sam Bloomfield
1979-1988	Sam and Rie Bloomfield Foundation
in 1988	Sold by Sotheby's

Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1979) ". . . the finest example known to our firm, it being outstandingly handsome and characteristic, and it is in an excellent state of preservation."
Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1935)
Dendrochronology report: John C. Topham, Surrey Dating the youngest tree ring to 1720.

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Four Centuries of Violin Making: Fine Instruments from the Sotheby's Archive, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, Boston (illustrated)
Geigen aus Venedig, Aloys Greither, Werner Dausien, Hanau (illustrated)
Reuning & Son Violins – Connoisseurs and Dealers in Violins, Violas, 'Cellos and Their Bows
Loan Exhibition of Stringed Instruments and Bows Commemorating the 70th Birthday of Simone Fernando Sacconi, Schuler Verlagsgesellschaft, Stuttgart (illustrated)
Sotheby's Bloomfield Collection Auction Catalog, November 23, 1988, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)
Sotheby's Photo Archive
The Strad 2005 Calendar, Newsquest Specialist Media, London (illustrated)
The Violin Book, Bafalon, London (illustrated)
The Violinmakers of Venice: 1582-1885 (CD-ROM), Reuning & Son Violins, Boston (illustrated)
Violin and Lute Makers of Venice, Stefano Pio, Venice Research, Venice (illustrated)
W. E. Hill & Sons Photographic Archive (illustrated)