Carlo Antonio Lorenzo Bergonzi II, Cremona, 1796, the 'Driggs'
Violin: 46747
Labeled, "Carlo Bergonzi fecit / in Cremona anno 1796."
Back: Two-piece of Italian Oppio maple, with an original wing in the lower bout
Length of back: 35.3 cm
Upper bouts: 16.45 cm
Middle bouts: 10.6 cm
Lower bouts: 20.2 cm
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Notes:
"It is easy to see how his instruments can travel under other colors, and indeed this one had at one time been certified and sold, nothwithstanding the label, as a Nicola."Cremona After Stradivari: The Bergonzi and Storioni Families, Duane Rosengard, Journal of the Violin Society of America, Vol. XII, No. 1, Flushing, NY
Provenance
| W. H. Driggs | |
| Sally Dodge | |
| Chi-Mei Culture Foundation | |
| until 1925 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| ... | ... |
| from 1925 and in 1936 | Lillian Shattuck |
| until 1936 | Emil Herrmann, New York |
| from 1936 | Louise Zimmer |
| in c. 2010 | Chi-Mei Culture Foundation |
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Machold Rare Violins, Ltd, Vienna (1999) X-1713.- Letter: Jacques Français, New York, NY (1993)
- Certificate: Emil Herrmann, New York, New York, NY (1936)
- Letter: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1936)
Certificate: Machold Rare Violins, Ltd, Vienna (1999) X-1713.
Letter: Jacques Français, New York, NY (1993)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
- Correspondence with Dai-Ting Chung, consultant for the Chi Mei Foundation, July, 2008
Journal of the Violin Society of America, Vol. XII, No. 1, Duane Rosengard, The Queens College Press, Flushing, NY (illustrated)- Private Archives - 10072
- Private Archives - 10842
- The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)
- The Late Cremonese Violin Makers, Dmitry Gindin, Editioni Novecento, Cremona (illustrated)
- The Legend of Italian Violins: Brescian and Cremonese Violin Makers 1550-1950, Dai Ting Chung, Wen-Lo Shi (illustrated)
- The Strad, April, 1977, London (illustrated)
Journal of the Violin Society of America, Vol. XII, No. 1, Duane Rosengard, The Queens College Press, Flushing, NY (illustrated)
