Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1717, the 'Bonamy Dobree, Suggia'


Cello: 41476

Bearing its original label, "Antonio Stradiuarius Cremonensis / Faciebat Anno 1717."

Back: Two-piece maple cut on the slab

Top: Of medium grain in the center, widening to broad grain on the flanks

Scroll: Of faint curl

Varnish: Reddish-orange

Length of back: 75.8 cm

Upper bouts: 33.8 cm

Middle bouts: 22.75 cm

Lower bouts: 43.3 cm

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Provenance

Hancock
Stradivari Stiftung Habisreutinger, Switzerland
in 1875 Bonamy Dobree
until 1887 W. E. Hill & Sons
1887-1902 Ernest Illingworth Holden
until c. 1919 Hudson & Kearns
c. 1919-1950 Guilhermina Suggia
until 1951 Royal Academy of Music, London
1951-1958 Edmund Kurtz
in 1958 Sold by Rembert Wurlitzer Inc.
from 1958 Samuel L. Crocker
in 1961 Samuel L. Crocker
in 1966 Current owner

Known players

Edmund Kurtz, Guilhermina Suggia, Jules Bernard Lasserre, Maja Weber, Sol Gabetta

References

  • Alte Meistergeigen: Band III und IV, Die Cremoneser Schule / Antonius Stradivarius, Verband Schweizerischer Geigenbaumeister, Verlag Edwin Bochinsky, Frankfurt am Main (illustrated)
  • Antonio Stradivari and His Instruments, William Henley, Amati Publishing, Ltd., Sussex, 1961 (illustrated)
  • Antonio Stradivari: His Life & Work (1644-1737), W. Henry, Arthur F. & Alfred E. Hill, William E. Hill & Sons, London, 1902
  • Antonius Stradivarius (Volumes I-IV), Jost Thöne, Jan Röhrmann, Alessandra Barabaschi, Jost Thöne Verlag, Cologne, 2010 (illustrated)
  • Historic women performers: Guilhermina Suggia, Cozio Carteggio feature, Alessandra Barabaschi, March 7, 2018
  • How Many Strads?, 1999
  • Playing Second Fiddle to Their Instruments, January 23, 2009
  • Private Archives - 10842
  • Stradivari Varnish: Scientific Analysis of his Finishing Technique on Selected Instruments, Brigitte Brandmair & Stefan-Peter Greiner (illustrated)
  • The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)
  • The Strad, November, 1950, London (illustrated)
  • Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, NY (illustrated)
  • The ‘Bonamy Dobrée, Suggia’ Stradivari cello, Cozio Carteggio feature, Alessandra Barabaschi, March 7, 2018
  • W. E. Hill & Sons Photographic Archive (illustrated)
  • We Love Stradivari, NHK (illustrated)

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