Domenico Montagnana, Venice, 1735, the 'Feuermann'
Cello: 42637
Labeled, "Dominicus Montagnana sub signum Cremonae-Venetia 1735."
Back: Two-piece of faint small curl slanting slightly downwards from the center joint
Length of back: 74.3 cm
Upper bouts: 36.2 cm
Middle bouts: 25.7 cm
Lower bouts: 44.5 cm
Provenance
until 1932 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
1932-1942 | Emanuel Feuermann |
until 1946 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
from 1946 | Henry Werro |
in 1997 | Current owner |
Known players
Emanuel Feuermann
References
Domenica Montagnana - "Lauter in Venetia": Exposition of Lendinara 1997, Carlson Cacciatori Neumann & C., Cremona (illustrated)
Journal of the Violin Society of America, Vol. IV, No. 1, Seymour W. Itzkoff, The Violin Society of America, Lancaster, PA (illustrated)
Geigen aus Venedig, Aloys Greither, Werner Dausien, Hanau (illustrated)
I violoncelli di Antonio Stradivari, Bruce Carlson, Conzorzio Liutai Antonio Stradivari, Cremona (illustrated)
- Italian Violin Makers (1964), Karel Jalovec, Paul Hamlyn, London, 1964
Meister Italienischer Geigenbaukunst (8th Edition), Hamma & Co., Florian Noetzel Verlag, Wilhelmshaven (illustrated)
The Strad, April, 1988, Seymour W. Itzkoff, London (illustrated)