Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, c. 1695, the 'Boni, Hegar'
Cello: 41449
Bearing its original label, dated 1707.
B-form model
Back: Two-piece of poplar, slab-cut
Top: of well-defined grain
Scroll: of poplar
Ribs: of poplar
Length of back: 75.6 cm
Upper bouts: 34.3 cm
Middle bouts: 23.6 cm
Lower bouts: 43.4 cm
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Notes:
"At some point in its history, it was reduced in size and later re-enlarged to its original dimensions, which is, perhaps, why it was once thought to date from an earlier period."J. & A. Beare 2011 Newsletter, J. & A. Beare Newsletter 2011
Provenance
| Luigi Tarisio | |
| Sold by Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume | |
| Madame de Sampigny | |
| Wimphen | |
| Hegar family | |
| from c. 1869 and in 1880 | Professor Olive-Charlier Vaslin |
| until 1900 | Gustave Bernardel |
| from 1900 | Professor J. Hegar |
| 1937-1938 | Livio Boni |
| in 1938 | Sold by Puttick & Simpson |
| 1938-1960 | Horace Egar Bowles |
| from 1960 | S. P. Angel |
| in 2016 | Sveaas Foundation |
Known players
Andreas Brantelid
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1938)
Letter: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1938) "The Stradivari Violoncello . . . was, originally, and instrument of large dimensions and dates from about 1690-98. It has been very skillfully reduced in size to bring it into conformity with the instruments made by the master after 1799. This alteration was, we believe, carried out by Claude-Victor Rambaux (b. 1806, d. 1871), a Paris Luthier of repute."- Letter: Albert Caressa, Paris (1900) To Professor J. Hegar (translated from the original French in the Puttick & Simpson catalogue): "It was brought to Paris and sold to Mr. J. B. Vuillaume by Tarisio; it was too big, it was cut by Vuillaume and sold to Madame de Sampigny for her son who lived at Tours. . . ."
- Letter: Gustave Bernardel, Paris (1900) To Professor J. Hegar.
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References
- How Many Strads? (1999 edition), Doring, Bein & Fushi, Bein & Fushi, Chicago, 1999
J. & A. Beare Newsletter 2011 (illustrated)- L'Esposizione di Liuteria Antica a Cremona nel 1937, Comitato Stradivariano, Cremona (illustrated)
- Meisterwerke Italienischer Geigenbaukunst, Fridolin Hamma, Hamma & Co., Stuttgart (illustrated)
- Private Archives - 10072
- Puttick & Simpson Catalogue of Old and Modern Violins, Violas and Violoncellos, February 17, 1938, London, Puttick & Simpson, Puttick & Simpson, London (illustrated)
- The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)
- Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, NY (illustrated)