Property from the Estate of
JANOS SCHOLZ
A FINE VIOLONCELLO
Details
A FINE VIOLONCELLO
THE TABLE BY ANTONIO STRADIVARI, CIRCA 1730, THE BACK, RIBS AND SCROLL THE WORK OF JOHN LOTT
Labelled 'Antonius Stradivarius'; the two-piece back of handsome medium to broad curl, the ribs similar, the scroll of smaller figure, the table of medium to open grain, the varnish of a red color over a golden ground--the length of back 29½in. (74.9cm.)
Sold with the certificates of W. E. Hill & Sons dated 8 April 1892, Etienne Vatelot dated 25 October 1965 and Pierre Vidoudez dated 7 July 1966 and the letter of Louis Hasselmans dated 16 August 1918
THE TABLE BY ANTONIO STRADIVARI, CIRCA 1730, THE BACK, RIBS AND SCROLL THE WORK OF JOHN LOTT
Labelled 'Antonius Stradivarius'; the two-piece back of handsome medium to broad curl, the ribs similar, the scroll of smaller figure, the table of medium to open grain, the varnish of a red color over a golden ground--the length of back 29½in. (74.9cm.)
Sold with the certificates of W. E. Hill & Sons dated 8 April 1892, Etienne Vatelot dated 25 October 1965 and Pierre Vidoudez dated 7 July 1966 and the letter of Louis Hasselmans dated 16 August 1918
Provenance
Le Vicomte de Janzé
Le Duc de Composélice
Louis Hasselmans, from 1892
M. de Queylar, Marseilles, from 1918
Janos Scholz
Born into a family with a distinguished musical history, Janos Scholz began studying the 'cello as a child and graduated from the Royal Hungarian Academy of Music. He became principal 'cellist with the Budapest Symphony Orchestra and began his lifelong career as a soloist, giving recitals throughout Europe. In 1932 he joined the Roth Quartet. After settling in the United States the following year, Scholz, as a fine viola da gamba player, was the first performer to record the three Bach Gamba Suites in 1938. As a soloist, he played with the leading orchestras under such distinguished conductors as Bruno Walter, Stokowski and Klemperer and taught and adjudicated throughout the world. Scholz was well known for editing texts concerning the gamba music of Handel and Marcello and 'cello literature of the 18th Century and for his knowledge and collection of Italian old master drawings. His generosity was demonstrated by gifts throughout his lifetime to such institutions as, among others, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian Institute and the University of North Carolina. Scholz died in 1993.
Le Duc de Composélice
Louis Hasselmans, from 1892
M. de Queylar, Marseilles, from 1918
Janos Scholz
Born into a family with a distinguished musical history, Janos Scholz began studying the 'cello as a child and graduated from the Royal Hungarian Academy of Music. He became principal 'cellist with the Budapest Symphony Orchestra and began his lifelong career as a soloist, giving recitals throughout Europe. In 1932 he joined the Roth Quartet. After settling in the United States the following year, Scholz, as a fine viola da gamba player, was the first performer to record the three Bach Gamba Suites in 1938. As a soloist, he played with the leading orchestras under such distinguished conductors as Bruno Walter, Stokowski and Klemperer and taught and adjudicated throughout the world. Scholz was well known for editing texts concerning the gamba music of Handel and Marcello and 'cello literature of the 18th Century and for his knowledge and collection of Italian old master drawings. His generosity was demonstrated by gifts throughout his lifetime to such institutions as, among others, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian Institute and the University of North Carolina. Scholz died in 1993.