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Carlo Bergonzi I

Violin maker
(1683 – 1747)

Recent research suggests that Carlo Bergonzi, historically assumed to have been a student of Giuseppe Guarneri 'filius Andreae', may have learned violin making primarily through the Rugeri family. While the influence of Guarneri is evident in Bergonzi's work, his physical proximity to Vincenzo ...Read More Rugeri and social ties between the families suggests a relationship forged outside the prime Amati territory of Cremona. In any case, Bergonzi was probably working independently by the 1720s. In 1746 the Bergonzi family moved into the Casa Stradivari, where they remained for some 12 years, during which time Bergonzi worked on instruments left unfinished upon Stradivari's death in 1737. Carlo's son Michele Angelo and grandson Nicolo continued the violin making tradition until about 1800, though they never achieved the same degree of finesse.

Bergonzi's works feature outstanding materials, exquisite varnish, and consummate execution. A master in his own right, he is overshadowed only by his contemporaries Stradivari and Guarneri 'del Gesù'. Read Less

Price History

- The auction record for this maker is $1,001,384 in Nov 2005, for a violin.
- 18 auction price results.

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Violin - 1715
Cremona

Violin - c. 1715-25
Cremona
the 'Thibaud'

Violin - c. 1720
Cremona
the 'Paganini, Vuillaume'

Violin - c. 1720-30
Cremona
the 'Tonge, Scheinin'

Violin - c. 1720-30
Cremona
the 'Gillott, Eissler'

Violin - 1723
Cremona

Violin - 1723
Cremona

Violin - 1723
Cremona

Violin - c. 1725-31
Cremona
the 'Wilson, Trombetta'

Violin - 1729
Cremona
the 'Vornbaum'

Violin - 1731
Cremona
the 'Constable, Cassavetti'

Violin - 1732
Cremona
the 'Lord Kingston'

Violin - 1732
Cremona
the 'Colonel Nolloth, Stern'

Violin - 1732
Cremona

Violin - c. 1732-34
Cremona
the 'Earl of Falmouth'

Violin - c. 1732-34
Cremona
the 'Perkin, Burnford'

Violin - c. 1732-34
Cremona
the 'Heath, Cramer'

Violin - 1733
Cremona
the 'Tschudi, Martzy, Salabue, Tarisio'

Violin - 1733
Cremona
the 'd'Aranyi, Fachiri'

Violin - 1733
Cremona
the 'Hill, Thibaud'

Violin - 1733
Cremona

Violin - c. 1733-35
Cremona
the 'Kreisler, Perlman'

Violin - c. 1733-36
Cremona
the 'Bennett, Reifenberg, Brooks'

Violin - c. 1733-39
Cremona
the 'Willemotte, Betti'

Violin - 1734
Cremona

Violin - 1735
Cremona
the 'Earl of Wharncliffe, Knoop, Landau'

Violin - 1736
Cremona
the 'Sainton'

Violin - 1736
Cremona

Violin - c. 1736
Cremona
the 'Vinegra, Wallace'

Violin - 1736
Cremona
the 'Segelman'

Violin - 1736
Cremona

Violin - 1737
Cremona
the 'Walter'

Violin - 1737
Cremona
the 'Emiliani'

Violin - c. 1738-42
Cremona
the 'Ackroyd, Ford'

Violin - 1739
Cremona

Violin - 1740
Cremona
the 'Magaziner'

Violin - 1740
Cremona

Violin - c. 1742
Cremona
the 'Appleby'

Violin - c. 1742-44
Cremona
the 'Gilfillan, Hoffmann'

Violin - c. 1742-44
Cremona
the 'Sandler'

Violin - 1744
Cremona
the 'Eddy Brown'

Violin - c. 1745
Cremona

Viola - c. 1737-42
Cremona
the 'Hart'

Cello - c. 1738-42
Cremona
the 'Spanish'

Carlo Bergonzi: the 1733 ‘Tschudi, Martzy’, Part Two

Martzy in around 1947

Carlo Bergonzi: the 1733 ‘Tschudi, Martzy’, Part One

he ‘Bennett, Reifenberg, Brooks’ Bergonzi.

The ‘Bennett, Reifenberg, Brooks’ Carlo Bergonzi, Cremona, c 1733-36