Carlo Bergonzi I, Cremona, c. 1733-36, the 'Bennett, Reifenberg, Brooks'
Violin: 42387
Labeled, "Anno 1733 Carlo Bergonzi fece in Cremona."
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Back: One-piece
Scroll: Probably not the original.
Varnish: Orange-red
Length of back: 35.2 cm
Upper bouts: 16.5 cm
Middle bouts: 11.1 cm
Lower bouts: 20.5 cm
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Provenance
| until 1883 | Emile Germain |
| in 1883 | Sold by David Laurie |
| in 1883 | Sold by Siegfried Jacoby |
| from c. 1883 | Richard Bennett |
| in 1889 | Frederick Smith |
| in 1892 | Sold by Alfred W. Gilmer & Co |
| from 1892 | Thomas Oddie |
| in 1897 | Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons |
| from 1897 and in 1897 | Silvestre |
| from 1897 | Hugo Henri Reifenberg |
| in 1934 | Sold by Charles Enel |
| until 1952 | Robert C. Sorrell |
| in 1952 | Rembert Wurlitzer Inc. |
| 1952-1958 | Louis E. Brooks |
| in 1957 | Sold by Kenneth Warren & Son |
| from 1957 | Current owner |
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Rembert Wurlitzer Inc. (photocopy), New York, NY (1952)
Letter: Alfred W. Gilmer & Co (photocopy), Birmingham
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References
The Strad, August, 1961, London (illustrated)- Carlo Bergonzi: A Cremonese Master Unveiled (supplement to The Strad, June, 2010), Christopher Reuning, editor, Consorzio Liutai Antonio Stradivari, Cremona (illustrated)