di Stradivari Antonio

1698 - Cello "Marquis de Cholmondeley"

Soundboard of spruce at very fine vein, which widens towards the hips. Back of two pieces of curly maple on medium curl, glued in a herringbone pattern with apex at the top. Ribs of wood similar to that of the fund. Scroll of curly maple to medium-broad curl, attributed to Florenus Guidantus of Bologna. Golden-brown varnish.

  • Emil Herrmann, Berlin, New York, Easton; W. E. Hill & Sons, London, May 19, 1934; Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., New York, August 4, 1943; Jacques Français, New York, 1969
  • 1698, Cremona
  • Antonius Stradiuarius Cremonensis Faciebat Anno 1698
  • 74 cm
  • 35 cm
  • 23.9 cm
  • 43.7 cm
  • Ralph Oxman 1937
  • Muzio Clementi; John Betts; Marquis de Cholmondeley; Drury 1883; David Bittner (Vienna) 1883; Kuppe (Bonn) 1895; Robert von Mendelssohn 1895; Francesco Mendelssohn 1935/39; Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. 1939/43; Mrs. Albert L. Broadbent 1943/45; Frank Passa (San Francisco) 1964; Jacques Français 1969; Unknown 1969
  • Doring 1945; S. a. 1964 (VII); Goodkind 1972; Orcutt 1977; Sotheby's 1988 (III)
creato:lunedì 30 dicembre 2013
modificato:giovedì 23 marzo 2017