Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1717, the 'Bonamy Dobree, Suggia'
Cello: 41476
Bearing its original label, "Antonio Stradiuarius Cremonensis / Faciebat Anno 1717."
Back: Two-piece maple cut on the slab
Top: Of medium grain in the center, widening to broad grain on the flanks
Scroll: Of faint curl
Varnish: Reddish-orange
Length of back: 75.8 cm
Upper bouts: 33.8 cm
Middle bouts: 22.75 cm
Lower bouts: 43.3 cm
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Provenance
| in 1875 | Bonamy Dobree |
| until 1887 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| 1887-1902 | Ernest Illingworth Holden |
| Hancock | |
| until c. 1919 | Hudson & Kearns |
| c. 1919-1950 | Guilhermina Suggia |
| until 1951 | Royal Academy of Music, London |
| from 1951 | Edmund Kurtz |
| in 1961 | Samuel L. Crocker |
| in 1966 | Rolf Habisreutinger |
| Stradivari Stiftung Habisreutinger, Switzerland |
Known players
Edmund Kurtz, Guilhermina Suggia, Jules Bernard Lasserre, Maja Weber, Sol Gabetta
References
Alte Meistergeigen: Band III und IV, Die Cremoneser Schule / Antonius Stradivarius, Verband Schweizerischer Geigenbaumeister, Verlag Edwin Bochinsky, Frankfurt am Main (illustrated)- Antonio Stradivari and His Instruments, William Henley, Amati Publishing, Ltd., Sussex, 1961 (illustrated)
- Antonio Stradivari: His Life & Work (1644-1737), W. Henry, Arthur F. & Alfred E. Hill, William E. Hill & Sons, London, 1902
- Antonius Stradivarius (Volumes I-IV), Jost Thöne, Jan Röhrmann, Alessandra Barabaschi, Jost Thöne Verlag, Cologne, 2010 (illustrated)
Historic women performers: Guilhermina Suggia, Cozio Carteggio feature, Alessandra Barabaschi, March 7, 2018- How Many Strads?, 1999
- Playing Second Fiddle to Their Instruments, January 23, 2009
- Private Archives - 10842
- Stradivari Varnish: Scientific Analysis of his Finishing Technique on Selected Instruments, Brigitte Brandmair & Stefan-Peter Greiner (illustrated)
- The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)
- The Strad, November, 1950, London (illustrated)
- Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, NY (illustrated)
- The ‘Bonamy Dobrée, Suggia’ Stradivari cello, Cozio Carteggio feature, Alessandra Barabaschi, March 7, 2018
- W. E. Hill & Sons Photographic Archive (illustrated)
- We Love Stradivari, NHK (illustrated)