Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, c. 1690, the 'Bonjour'

Cello: 40438

FIT TO SCREEN FULL SIZE

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

Exhibited at Albert Hall in 1885.

Strads Sold for High Prices (reprinted from the London Athanæum), The New York Times, New York

Provenance

-	Legros
until 1885	Abel Bonjour
in 1886	Sold by Hôtel Drouot
until 1887	Abel Bonjour
from 1887	Foli
in 1902	Joseph Hollman
in 1893	Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons
in 1893	Sold by A. R. Blagrove
1893 - 1928	E. J. Allcard
in 1928	Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons
from 1929	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

Abel Bonjour, Denise Djokic, Joseph Hollman, Kaori Yamagami, Rachel Mercer, Soo Bae

Certificate: Association des Maitre Luthiers Suisse (1963)
Dendrochronology report: John C. Topham, Surrey Dating the youngest tree ring to 1678.

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Alte Meistergeigen: Band III und IV, Die Cremoneser Schule / Antonius Stradivarius, Verband Schweizerischer Geigenbaumeister, Verlag Edwin Bochinsky, Frankfurt am Main (illustrated)
Antonio Stradivari: His Life & Work (1644-1737), W. Henry, Arthur F. & Alfred E. Hill, William E. Hill & Sons, London, 1902
Canada Council for the Arts | Bringing the arts to life
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, 1999
L'Esposizione di Liuteria Antica a Cremona nel 1937, Comitato Stradivariano, Cremona (illustrated)
Meister Italienischer Geigenbaukunst (8th Edition), Walter Hamma & Co., 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 New York Times, New York, March 6, 1887
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)