Michele Angelo Bergonzi, Cremona, 1750
Violin: 44622
Bearing a facsimile label.
Back: Two-piece with regular medium to medium narrow flames slightly ascending from left to right
Top: of pine of narrow grain at the center and treble side, somewhat broader on the bass side
Scroll: of less prominently flamed wood
Ribs: of wood similar to back
Varnish: Orange-brown
Length of back: 35.4 cm
Middle bouts: 11.1 cm
Lower bouts: 20.6 cm
Provenance
until 1954 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
from 1954 | G. D. Grey |
until 1965 | Rembert Wurlitzer Inc. |
from 1965 | Fred Herrmann |
from 1968 and in 1970 | Current owner |
Certificates & Documents
- Certificate: Machold Rare Violins, Ltd, Vienna (1985) X-188.
- Certificate: Rembert Wurlitzer Inc., New York, NY (1965) P-662. Dates the instrument to 1757.
- Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1954)
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References
- Journal of the Violin Society of America, Vol. XII, No. 1, Duane Rosengard, The Queens College Press, Flushing, NY (illustrated)
- The Strad, January, 1970, London
- Private Papers