Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, c. 1690, the 'Bonjour'
Cello: 40438
Labeled, "Antonius Stradiuarius Cremonensis Faciebat Anno 168*"
Back: Two-piece of horizontal narrow curl
Top: of medium grain
Scroll: of faint medium curl
Ribs: of wood similar to back
Length of back: 76.2 cm
Upper bouts: 34.5 cm
Middle bouts: 23.7 cm
Lower bouts: 44.45 cm
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Notes:
Listed with various dates -- Goodkind (1684), Hamma (1691), Bein & Fushi (1692).How Many Strads?, Doring, Bein & Fushi, Doring, Bein & Fushi, How Many Strads? (1999 edition), Chicago
Reduced in size in 1860 by Charles Rambeaux in Paris.
L'Esposizione di Liuteria Antica a Cremona nel 1937, L'Esposizione di Liuteria Antica a Cremona nel 1937, Cremona
Provenance
| until 1885 | Abel Bonjour |
| from 1885 | Hamma & Co. |
| in 1937 | Dr. Hans Kühne |
| ... | ... |
| in 1966 | Rolf Habisreutinger |
| - | Stradivari Stiftung Habisreutinger, Switzerland |
| - | Martin Lovett |
| from 1984 | Robert Cohen |
| from 1999 | Canada Council for the Arts |
Known players
Abel Bonjour, Denise Djokic, Kaori Yamagami, Rachel Mercer, Soo Bae
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Association des Maitre Luthiers Suisse (1963)- Dendrochronology report: John C. Topham, Surrey Dating the youngest tree ring to 1678.
- Dendrochronology report: John C. Topham, Surrey Dating the youngest tree ring to 1678.
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References
- A 1683 Stradivari, "The Bucher"
Alte Meistergeigen: Band III und IV, Die Cremoneser Schule / Antonius Stradivarius, Verband Schweizerischer Geigenbaumeister, Verlag Edwin Bochinsky, Frankfurt am Main (illustrated)- Christie's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, March 18, 1992, London, Christie's, Christie's, London (illustrated)
- Four Centuries of Violin Making: Fine Instruments from the Sotheby's Archive, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, Boston (illustrated)
- How Many Strads? (1999 edition), Doring, Bein & Fushi, Bein & Fushi, Chicago
- L'Esposizione di Liuteria Antica a Cremona nel 1937, Comitato Stradivariano, Cremona (illustrated)
- Meister Italienischer Geigenbaukunst (8th Edition), Walter Hamma, Florian Noetzel Verlag, Wilhelmshaven (illustrated)
- Mostra di Antonio Stradivari (Palazzo Borromeo - Isola Bella), Turris Editrice, Cremona (illustrated)
- Private Archives - 10072
- Sotheby's Important Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, April 5, 1984, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)
- Sotheby's Photo Archive
- The Strad 2001 Calendar, Orpheus Publications, London (illustrated)
- Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, NY (illustrated)
- W. E. Hill & Sons Photographic Archive (illustrated)