Carlo Bergonzi I, Cremona, c. 1732-34, the 'Earl of Falmouth'
Violin: 41122
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
| until 1853 | Earl of Falmouth |
| from 1853 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| in c. 1870 | William Richards |
| until 1875 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| from 1875 | Thomas Dix Perkin |
| in c. 1880 | John Adam |
| in c. 1885 | Robert E. Brandt |
| until 1890 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| 1890-1920 | Dwight J. Partello |
| in c. 1925 | Sold by Lyon & Healy |
| c. 1925-c. 1944 | David H. Walton |
| until 1944 | Emil Herrmann, New York |
| 1944-1965 | Henry Hottinger |
| in 1965 | Sold by Rembert Wurlitzer Inc. |
| 1965-1966 | Jack Marlin |
| in 1966 | Sold by Rembert Wurlitzer Inc. |
| from 1966 | Dr. Ledford Gregory |
| in 1969 | Sold by Rembert Wurlitzer Inc. |
| from 1969 | Isaak Szklanka |
| in c. 1980 | Sergiu Luca |
| in 1982 | Sold by Jacques Français |
| from 1982 | Current owner |
Certificates & Documents
- Dendrochronology report: Sondre Lie, Oslo (2025) Dates the latest ring of the bass and treble side as 1717 and 1716, respectively.
- Correspondence: Juan Luis Prieto (photocopy) (2008)
Certificate: Rembert Wurlitzer Inc., New York, NY (1970)- Certificate: Emil Herrmann, New York, New York, NY (1944)
- Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1890)
- Certificate: Lyon & Healy, Chicago, IL
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References
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, Wurlitzer
- 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)