Domenico Montagnana, Venice, 1739, the 'Sleeping Beauty'
Cello: 40664
Bearing its original label, "Domenicus Montagnana / sub Sugnum Cremonae Venetia 1739" (the '9' handwritten).
Back: Two-piece
Varnish: Golden-orange
Length of back: 74.1 cm
Upper bouts: 36.1 cm
Middle bouts: 26.1 cm
Lower bouts: 44.55 cm
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Notes:
This instrument is undamaged, uncut and with its original varnish. It lay unused for over a century at Berkeley Castle, a possession of the Fitzharding family, before it was given to Piatigorsky in 1935.Domenico Montagnana- "Lauter in Venetia", Domenica Montagnana - "Lauter in Venetia": Exposition of Lendinara 1997, Cremona
Provenance
| until 1882 | Fitzharding Family of Berkeley Castle |
| from 1882 | Dr. Walter Griffiths |
| until 1925 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| from 1925 | Arthur Dodd |
| until 1926 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| from 1926 | Dr. W. Gordon |
| until 1934 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| 1934 - 1935 | E. B. Dane |
| 1939 - 1951 | Gregor Piatigorsky |
| from 1951 | Aldo Parisot |
| until 1960 | Lachlan Pitcairn |
| ... | ... |
| in 1997 | Orlando Cole |
| ... | ... |
| from 2014 | Anonymous |
| - | Current owner |
Known players
Gregor Piatigorsky, Heinrich Schiff, Orlando Cole
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: William Moennig & Son, Philadelphia, PA (1951)
Letter: Alfred E. Hill, London (1934)- Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1934)
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References
The Strad 1994 Calendar, Orpheus Publications, London (illustrated)- The Strad, October, 1993, Orpheus, London (illustrated)
Conversation with Stephen Kates- Violins & Violinists, May, 1947, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago (illustrated)
- Domenica Montagnana - "Lauter in Venetia": Exposition of Lendinara 1997, Carlson Cacciatori Neumann & C., Cremona (illustrated)
- Intermusica - Inspiring Creativity
- The Strad, October, 1993, Orpheus, London (illustrated)
- Private Archives - 10746
- The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)