1696 c. - Cello "Bonjour"

Instrument reduced in size. Soundboard of spruce at medium grain. Back of two pieces of curly maple with a faint horizontal narrow curl. Ribs of wood similar to that of the back. Scroll of curly maple with a faint medium curl.

  • 1692, Cremona
  • Antonius Stradiuarius Cremonensis Faciebat Anno 168*
  • 76.2 cm
  • 34.5 cm
  • 23.7 cm
  • 44.45 cm
  • Ottawa (CDN), The Canada Coucil for the Arts
  • Association des Maitre Luthiers Suisse, June 22, 1963
  • Dendrochronological analysis by John C. Topham, Surrey: Youngest ring is 1678
  • Abel Bonjour; Martin Lovett; Rachel Mercer 2009
  • 1860 Paris, Charles Rambeaux: reducing the size.
  • Abel Bonjour 1885; Hamma & Co. (Stuttgart) 1885; Dr. Hans Kühne (Lindau/Cologne)1937; Rolf Habisreutinger (St. Gallen) 1966; Rolf Habisreutinger (St. Gallen) 1966; Habisreutinger Foundation; Martin Lovett; Robert Cohen (London) 1984; Canada Council for the Arts 1999
  • 1937, Cremona: Mostra di Liuteria Antica Cremonese; 1963, Stresa: Mostra di Antonio Stradivari
  • S. a. 1937; AA. VV. 1938; S. a. 1963; S. a. 1966 (II); Goodkind 1972; Sotheby's 1984 (II); Verband Schweizerischer Geigenbaumeister 1990; Christie's 1992 (II); Hamma 1993; S. a. 1996 (V); Doring 1999; Ingles-Dilworth 2006
creato:giovedì 8 marzo 2012
modificato:giovedì 23 marzo 2017