Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1709, the 'Boccherini, Cassadò'
Cello: 42785
Back: Two-piece
Scroll: later
Length of back: 74.9 cm
Upper bouts: 34 cm
Middle bouts: 22.5 cm
Lower bouts: 43.4 cm
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Notes:
". . .this violoncello. . . Has been re-cut and lenthened around 1790, probably due to the debate in a time when the 'ideal size' of a cello was still to come."The Chi-Mei Collection of Fine Violins, Jen-wu Chen, The Chi-Mei Collection of Fine Violins
Dated 1711 by Goodkind.
The Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Larchmont, NY
Provenance
| Luigi Boccherini | |
| Don Sebastien of Bourbon | |
| Juan Quintero | |
| Gaspar Cassadó | |
| in 1992 | Julius Berger |
| ... | ... |
| in 2017 | Chi-Mei Culture Foundation |
Known players
Gaspar Cassadó, Reiner Hochmuth
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Machold Rare Violins, Ltd, Vienna (1993)
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References
The Strad 1991 Calendar, Orpheus Publications, London (illustrated)- Reiner Hochmuth Biography
- The Chi-Mei Collection of Fine Violins, Jen-wu Chen, Chi-Mei Culture Foundation (illustrated)
- Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, NY
The Strad 1991 Calendar, Orpheus Publications, London (illustrated)