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Cello
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Cello
- Place of origin:
Venice (Made)
- Date:
1700-1800 (Made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown (Made)
- Materials and Techniques:
Sawed and planed back of sycamore; planed and purfled (bordered) belly of pine.
- Credit Line:
Given to the Museum by Mme Amelia Gérardy in memory of her husband Jean Gérardy.
- Museum number:
W.4-1950
- Gallery location:
In Storage
By about 1750, the 'cellos had largely replaced the bass viol as the main source of lower range notes in the string section of an orchestra or ensemble. This instrument belonged to Jean Gérardy (1877 - 1929), a leading Belgian cellist who toured extensively throughout Europe and America from about 1890 until 1920. Although it has a 1711 Stradivarius label, this instrument was probably made in Venice some time later on in the 18th century.