Carlo Bergonzi I, Cremona, c. 1732-34, the 'Heath, Cramer'
Violin: 43013
Bearing its original label.
Back: One-piece broad-figured maple, the curls extending slightly upwards from left to right
Top: of fairly open grain marked by a sap line running lengthwise along the flanks
Ribs: of more pronounced figure
Varnish: Golden-orange
Length of back: 35.2 cm
Upper bouts: 16.6 cm
Middle bouts: 10.8 cm
Lower bouts: 20.8 cm
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Notes:
"The most perfect Bergonzi known to Mr. Hart, and having varnish of great beauty."Catalogue of the Special Exhibition at South Kensington, England, Carl Engel, Catalogue of the Special Exhibition at South Kensington, England, London
Dated 1722.
Puttick & Simpson Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, May 14-15, 1862, London, Puttick & Simpson, Puttick & Simpson, Puttick & Simpson Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, May 14-15, 1862, London, London
Provenance
| Wilhelm Cramer | |
| Baron Henry Burnley Heath | |
| Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons | |
| Niece of Baron Henry Burnley Heath | |
| Sold by John & Arthur Beare | |
| Charles Crespin | |
| in 1855 | Sold by Puttick & Simpson |
| until 1863 | George Corsby |
| until 1869 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| from 1869 | S. H. C. Tayleur |
| in 1872 | Sold by John Hart |
| until 1917 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| from 1917 | Richard Bennett |
| in 1926 | Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons |
| from 1926 | Ernest A. Sandeman |
| until 1939 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| from 1939 | L. F. Mathew |
| until 1949 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| from 1949 | F. R. Ratnager |
| until 1953 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| 1956-1992 | Current owner |
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1952)
Letter: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1952)- Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1949)
- Certificate: Arthur Phillips Hill, London (1949)
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References
…And They Made Violins in Cremona from Renaissance to Romantic Era, Conzorzia Liutai & Archetti A. Stradivari Cremona, Cremona (illustrated)- 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)
- Catalogue of the Special Exhibition at South Kensington, England, Carl Engel, South Kensington Museum, London
- The Strad, January, 2001, Florian Leonhard, Orpheus, London (illustrated)
- Meister Italienischer Geigenbaukunst (8th Edition), Hamma & Co., Florian Noetzel Verlag, Wilhelmshaven (illustrated)
- Mr Black's Violins: The extraordinary obsession of Gerald Segelman, Andrew Hooker, Cozio Publishing, Boston (illustrated)
- Peter Biddulph photographic archives
- Puttick & Simpson Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, May 14-15, 1862, London, Puttick & Simpson, Puttick & Simpson, London
- The Violin Book, Bafalon, London (illustrated)
- W. E. Hill & Sons Photographic Archive (illustrated)