Carlo Bergonzi I, Cremona, c. 1732-34, the 'Earl of Falmouth'

Violin: 41122

FIT TO SCREEN FULL SIZE

Labeled, "Anno 1733 Carlo Bergonzi fece in Cremona."

Back: One-piece

Length of back: 35.2 cm

Upper bouts: 16.3 cm

Middle bouts: 10.6 cm

Lower bouts: 20.3 cm

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Notes:

In "The Hawley collection," Lyon & Healy list the date of this instrument as 1740.

The Hawley Collection of Violins, The Hawley Collection of Violins, Chicago

Provenance

	Dr. Ledford Gregory
	John Adam
	Robert E. Brandt
	David H. Walton
	Sold by Emil Herrmann, New York
	William Richards
	Sergiu Luca
until 1853	Earl of Falmouth
from 1853	W. E. Hill & Sons
until 1875	W. E. Hill & Sons
from 1875	J. Dix Perkin
until 1890	W. E. Hill & Sons
1890-1920	Dwight J. Partello
until 1944	Emil Herrmann, New York
from 1944 and in 1948	Henry Hottinger
until 1958	Anonymous
until 1965	Henry Hottinger
1965-1966	Rembert Wurlitzer Inc.
from 1966	Dr. Ledford Gregory
in 1969	Sold by Rembert Wurlitzer Inc.
from 1969	Isaak Szklanka
in 1982	Sold by Jacques Français
from 1982	Juan Luis Prieto
from c. 2000	Current owner

Cozio holds copies of many certificates and other documents, some of which are available to view on request. Please contact us if you wish to view a particular document. (Note that we do not always have permission to share documents.)

A Thousand Mornings of Music, Arnold Gingrich, Crown Publishers, New York (illustrated)
Violins & Violinists, December, 1948, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago (illustrated)
Carlo Bergonzi: A Cremonese Master Unveiled (supplement to The Strad, June, 2010), Christopher Reuning, editor, Consorzio Liutai Antonio Stradivari, Cremona (illustrated)
Carlo Bergonzi: A Cremonese Master Unveiled, Carlo Chiesa, Consorzio Liutai Antonio Stradivari, Cremona (illustrated)
Henry Hottinger Collection (illustrated)
Private Archives - 10842
Rare Violins of New York
The Hawley Collection of Violins, Lyon & Healy, Chicago
The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)