Instrument

  • ID: 7169
  • Type: violin
  • Maker: Carlo Bergonzi
  • Year built: 1720c
  • City: Cremona
  • Name: ex Paganini; ex-Vuillaume
 
Label: "Anno 1716 Carlo Bergonzi fece in Cremona"
Body Length: 35.6 cm.
Back: One-piece

Photos

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  • front
  • back
  • scroll
  • front, back & scroll
  • back, side & scroll

Iconography Index

Black-and-white photos (front, back, side, scroll & f-hole): The Jacques Francais Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.

Order Color photos (front, back & scroll): Four Centuries of Violin Making: Fine Instruments from the Sotheby's Archive, Tim Ingles & John Dilworth, Cozio Publishing, Boston, 2006.

Order Color photos (front, back & scroll): Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, November 1, 2005, London, Sotheby's, London, 2005.


Provenance

Owner Owned From Owned In Owned Till Price paid
Art of the Violin Foundation (Moscow)   2005      For members only 
...         
Emil Herrmann  1957       
John Corigliano   1950    1957  For members only 
Emil Herrmann      1950   
Roger N. Chittolini (New York)  1948       
Thomas C. Petersen (San Francisco)    1930  1948   
...         
Madame Ducas  1928       
Léon Fischesser  1921    1928  For members only 
Augustin Lefort  1876    1921   
...         
Charles Louis    1870     
...         
Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume (Paris)         
Baron Achille Paganini         
Nicolò Paganini          
...         

Current owner Current owner
Indicates that the owner is or was also a musician Indicates that the owner is or was also a musician

Auctions

Auction Date Note Estimate Hammer Price
Sotheby's, London  Nov-01-2005    £350,000 - £500,000  For members only 

Including buyer's premium
Current record for maker and instrument type
Record at time of sale for maker and instrument type

Certificates

Certificate: Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, Paris, undated

Receipt: Emil Herrmann, New York, November 15, 1950. To John Corigliano.

Receipt: Léon Fischesser, St. Maur, May 13, 1921. Signed by A. Lefort.

Certificate: Emil Herrmann, Easton, Connecticut, June 12, 1957

Certificate: Rembert Wurlitzer, New York, June 11, 1959

Letter: Rembert Wurlitzer, New York, June 11, 1959. Refers to the violin as "‘an exceptionally beautiful example of Bergonzi’s work".

Certificate: Léon Fischesser, St. Maur, July 6, 1928

Certificate: Emil Herrmann, New York, December 1, 1950

References

Order Four Centuries of Violin Making: Fine Instruments from the Sotheby's Archive, Tim Ingles & John Dilworth, Cozio Publishing, Boston, 2006.

Order Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, November 1, 2005, London, Sotheby's, London, 2005.

http://www.violin-fund.ru/eng/fund/projects/collection/index.wbp

The Jacques Francais Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.