Carlo Bergonzi I, Cremona, 1723
Violin: 43140
Labeled, "Anno 1723 Carlo Bergonzi / Fece in Cremona" with the leters "mona" written in later.
Back: Two-piece with medium flaming
Top: of even medium grain
Scroll: Italian, of medium faint curl
Varnish: Golden-brown on a yellow ground
Length of back: 35.3 cm
Upper bouts: 16.7 cm
Middle bouts: 11.3 cm
Lower bouts: 20.45 cm
Provenance
| Sold by Hamma & Co. | |
| in 1897 and until 1937 | Dr. Alfred Philips |
| ... | ... |
| from 1937 | Current owner |
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Association des Maitres Luthiers Suisses (1960)- Certificate: Hamma & Co., Stuttgart (1934)
- Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1897)
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References
Alte Meistergeigen: Band III und IV, Die Cremoneser Schule / Antonius Stradivarius, Verband Schweizerischer Geigenbaumeister, Verlag Edwin Bochinsky, Frankfurt am Main (illustrated)- Meister Italienischer Geigenbaukunst (8th Edition), Hamma & Co., Florian Noetzel Verlag, Wilhelmshaven (illustrated)
- Private Papers