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)