Michele Angelo Bergonzi, Cremona, 1743, the 'Claus Adam'
Cello: 41011
Back: Two-piece
Length of back: 73.75 cm
Upper bouts: 32.35 cm
Middle bouts: 21.65 cm
Lower bouts: 41.7 cm
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Provenance
| until 1940 | Emil Herrmann |
| in 1943 | Samuel A. Lewisohn |
| until 1967 | Rembert Wurlitzer Inc. |
| from 1967 | Claus Adam |
| in 1969 | Current owner |
Certificates & Documents
- Valuation: Bein & Fushi, Inc, Chicago, IL (1985) Attributes the instrument to G. B. Guadagnini.
Certificate: Pierre Gerber, Lausanne (1967) Attributes the instrument to G. B. Guadagnini.- Certificate: Rembert Wurlitzer Inc., New York, NY (1967) Attributes the instrument to Michele Angelo Bergonzi.
- Certificate: Emil Herrmann (1940) Attributes the instrument to G. B. Guadagnini.
Letter: Jacques Francais, New York, NY (1769) Attributes the instrument to G. B. Guadagnini.
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References
Cremona 1730-1750: the Olympus of Violin Making, Christopher Reuning, editor, Consorzio Liutai Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 2008 (illustrated)- The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (illustrated)
- Private Papers
- The Guadagnini Family of Violin Makers, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago, 1949