Carlo Bergonzi I, Cremona, c. 1736, the 'Vinegra, Wallace'
Violin: 43010
Labeled, "Anno 1732 Carlo Bergonzi fecit in Cremona."
Back: Two-piece
Length of back: 35.1 cm
Upper bouts: 16.25 cm
Middle bouts: 10.37 cm
Lower bouts: 20.25 cm
There are 16 additional images in the archive which are not available publicly. Please contact us for more information.
Notes:
"It appears that the corners and rib mitres have been modified because the mitres are blunted and rounded rather than sharp as typically seen in Cremones violins of this period. Unusually, the 'Vinegra, Wallace' does not have visible pins to the extremeties of the back and has maple purfling, yet these features are evident in other examples."Cremona 1730-1750: the Olympus of Violin Making, Christopher Reuning, editor, Cremona 1730-1750: the Olympus of Violin Making, Cremona
"Count Cozio di Salabue described a 1736 violin in his collection with a two-piece back and red varnish. He remarks that he had the chin of the head altered because it was too extended. Interestingly, this violin has a different, slightly squarer shape to the chin together with blunted corners: with this evidence, it is tempteing to imagine the 'Vinegra, Wallace' as Cozio's violin from 1736."
Carlo Bergonzi: A Cremonese Master Unveiled, Christopher Reuning, editor, Carlo Bergonzi: A Cremonese Master Unveiled (supplement to The Strad, June, 2010), Cremona
Provenance
| Sold by George Hart | |
| George Ellenburger | |
| until 1896 | Salvador Vinegra |
| from 1896 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| in 1929 | Sold by George Hart |
| 1929-1932 | Albert H. Wallace |
| in 1932 | Sold by Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. |
| 1932-1973 | Nathan Abas |
| until 1988 | Sau-Wing Lam |
| from 1988 | Current owner |
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Rembert Wurlitzer Inc., New York, NY (1973)- Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1932)
Cozio holds copies of many certificates and other documents, some of which are available to view on request. Please contact us if you wish to view a particular document. (Note that we do not always have permission to share documents.)
References
- Violins & Violinists, February-March, 1949, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago
Carlo Bergonzi: A Cremonese Master Unveiled (supplement to The Strad, June, 2010), Christopher Reuning, editor, Consorzio Liutai Antonio Stradivari, Cremona (illustrated)- Cremona 1730-1750: the Olympus of Violin Making, Christopher Reuning, editor, Consorzio Liutai Antonio Stradivari, Cremona (illustrated)
- Emil Herrmann Rare Violins (Meistergeigen) 1927-28, Emil Herrmann, New York (illustrated)
- Rare Violins in the Possession of Emil Herrmann: 1926-7, Emil Herrmann, Berlin (illustrated)
- Sau-Wing Lam, Dietmar Machold (illustrated)
- W. E. Hill & Sons Photographic Archive (illustrated)