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Cello Collection (#4)

The cello, a majestic instrument with a rich history, has captivated audiences for centuries

Background imageCello Collection: A man carrying a cello in Plaza Mayor in Trinidad, Sancti Spiritus, Cuba

A man carrying a cello in Plaza Mayor in Trinidad, Sancti Spiritus, Cuba

Background imageCello Collection: Musician with his double bass walking through the colourful street of Trinidad

Musician with his double bass walking through the colourful street of Trinidad, Sancti Spiritus Province, Cuba

Background imageCello Collection: Wed Show

Wed Show
Djayent Abdillah

Background imageCello Collection: Before Show

Before Show
Djayent Abdillah

Background imageCello Collection: Brisk Music

Brisk Music
Rubby Adhisuria

Background imageCello Collection: Music is my sweetest escape

Music is my sweetest escape
Ruslan Bolgov (Axe)

Background imageCello Collection: The Red Cello

The Red Cello
Ruslan Bolgov (Axe)

Background imageCello Collection: Female cellist

Female cellist
Eiji Yamamoto

Background imageCello Collection: Cello Geo

Cello Geo
Florent Bodart

Background imageCello Collection: Cello

Cello
Florent Bodart

Background imageCello Collection: Street Jazz Party

Street Jazz Party
Ricardo Maya

Background imageCello Collection: Violoncello

Violoncello
Alexander Trifonov

Background imageCello Collection: Cellist 2021

Cellist 2021
Alexander Trifonov

Background imageCello Collection: Violinface

Violinface
Georgy Bezborodov

Background imageCello Collection: Victorian Christmas Xmas Snow Snowing Card Robin

Victorian Christmas Xmas Snow Snowing Card Robin
victorian, christmas, xmas, snow, snowing, card, robin, robins, bird, birds, winter, orchestra, playing, music, in, the, may, be, happy, and, bright, violin, cello, wings, ribbons, bows, 13944339

Background imageCello Collection: Fresco, Castle of Freyr, Wallonia, Belgium

Fresco, Castle of Freyr, Wallonia, Belgium
Animals, birds, musical scores and instruments, fresco on the staircase in the Great entrance hall, late 18th century, at the Castle of Freyr, in Wallonia, Namur, Ardennes, Belgium

Background imageCello Collection: Poland. Harvesters Festival. Engraving by Lemaitre

Poland. Harvesters Festival. Engraving by Lemaitre. History of Poland, by Charles Foster. Panorama Universal, 1840

Background imageCello Collection: In Memoriam, Heroic Musicians of the Titanic

In Memoriam, Heroic Musicians of the Titanic who died at their posts like men - Wallace Hartley, bandleader and violinist; Percy C Taylor, cellist; Georges Krins, violinist; Roger Bricoux

Background imageCello Collection: Madame Suggia, cellist

Madame Suggia, cellist Date: 1925

Background imageCello Collection: Sheridan Russell

Sheridan Russell
Oil painting of Sheridan Russell, equipped with a cello. Date: circa 1929

Background imageCello Collection: Violin and stringed musical instrument maker's workshop

Violin and stringed musical instrument maker's workshop - Johann Reiter, Mittenwald, Germany, creator of the octave violin. Instruments on display include violins, violas, cellos and lutes

Background imageCello Collection: Decorative Dutch oven tiles, 17th century

Decorative Dutch oven tiles, 17th century.. Chromolithograph from Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck's Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt, 1889

Background imageCello Collection: Mstislav Rostropovich and Galina Vishnevskaya

Mstislav Rostropovich and Galina Vishnevskaya
Mstislav Rostropovich (1927-2007), renowned Russian cellist and conductor. Seen here with his wife, the Russian soprano Galina Pavlovna Vishnevskaya (b 1926). The couple married in 1955

Background imageCello Collection: Paul Tortelier, French cellist and composer

Paul Tortelier, French cellist and composer
Paul Tortelier (1914-1990), French cellist and composer Date: circa 1970s

Background imageCello Collection: Mstislav Rostropovich, renowned Russian cellist

Mstislav Rostropovich, renowned Russian cellist
Mstislav Rostropovich (1927-2007), renowned Russian cellist and conductor. Seen here (centre) with the Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich (left) and the English composer Benjamin Britten (right)

Background imageCello Collection: Jacqueline Du Pre, celebrated British cellist

Jacqueline Du Pre, celebrated British cellist
Jacqueline Mary Du Pre (1945-1987), celebrated British cellist who, sadly, stopped performing at the age of 28 and died at the age of 42 as a result of multiple sclerosis. Date: circa 1970s

Background imageCello Collection: Grottesche decoration at Radnor House, Middlesex, from England's Lost Houses by Giles Worsley

Grottesche decoration at Radnor House, Middlesex, from England's Lost Houses by Giles Worsley (1961-2006)
CLF311802 Grottesche decoration at Radnor House, Middlesex, from England's Lost Houses by Giles Worsley (1961-2006) published 2002 (b/w photo) by English Photographer

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3673282

Background imageCello Collection: Joseph Hollman - portrait sitting playing the cello, 1897 (print)

Joseph Hollman - portrait sitting playing the cello, 1897 (print)
3919254 Joseph Hollman - portrait sitting playing the cello, 1897 (print) by Gould, Francis Carruthers (1844-1925); (add.info.: Joseph Hollman - portrait sitting playing the cello)

Background imageCello Collection: Saint Cecilia and the angel, 17th century (oil on canvas)

Saint Cecilia and the angel, 17th century (oil on canvas)
7063023 Saint Cecilia and the angel, 17th century (oil on canvas) by Saraceni, Carlo (c.1580-1620); Palazzo Corsini, Gallerie Nazionali Barberini Corsini, Rome

Background imageCello Collection: Music and poetry, 1707-13 circa, (painting)

Music and poetry, 1707-13 circa, (painting)
7128878 Music and poetry, 1707-13 circa, (painting) by Conca, Sebastiano (1680-1764); Galleria Spada, Rome, Lazio, Italy; (add.info.: Music and poetry, 1707-13 circa, Sebastiano Conca, Spada gallery)

Background imageCello Collection: The village festival, 18th century (oil on canvas)

The village festival, 18th century (oil on canvas)
CUL4929145 The village festival, 18th century (oil on canvas) by Watteau, Louis Joseph (Watteau de Lille) (1731-98); Musee des Beaux-Arts, Tournai

Background imageCello Collection: Muse concert with Apollo, 17th century (painting)

Muse concert with Apollo, 17th century (painting)
CUL4929260 Muse concert with Apollo, 17th century (painting) by Francken, Frans II the Younger (1581-1642); Musee des Beaux-Arts, Tournai, Belgium; (add.info.: Apollo, playing the violin on a rock)

Background imageCello Collection: Letter Q: Quartet, Queteuse, keel. Engraving in ' Alphabet'. Finish printing on 15 November 1875

Letter Q: Quartet, Queteuse, keel. Engraving in " Alphabet". Finish printing on 15 November 1875 by Charles
DUV4209849 Letter Q: Quartet, Queteuse, keel. Engraving in " Alphabet". Finish printing on 15 November 1875 by Charles Unsinger for Alphonse Lemerre, bookseller-publisher, Paris

Background imageCello Collection: Apollo and the Muses, c. 1520-99 (graphite, pen & wash on paper)

Apollo and the Muses, c. 1520-99 (graphite, pen & wash on paper)
7343336 Apollo and the Muses, c.1520-99 (graphite, pen & wash on paper) by Caron, Antoine (1520-99); 227x179 cm; Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge, UK; © Fitzwilliam Museum

Background imageCello Collection: The Music Room

The Music Room
CBR43391 The Music Room by Holsoe, Carl (1863-1935); Private Collection; Photo © Connaught Brown, London

Background imageCello Collection: Portrait of Servais, 1838 (pencil on paper)

Portrait of Servais, 1838 (pencil on paper)
490169 Portrait of Servais, 1838 (pencil on paper) by Acker, Johannes Baptista van (1794-1863) ; Groeningemuseum, Bruges, Belgium; (add.info)

Background imageCello Collection: At theatre, 1885-86 (pastel on paper)

At theatre, 1885-86 (pastel on paper)
7332002 At theatre, 1885-86 (pastel on paper) by Boldini, Giovanni (1842-1931); Private Collection; (add.info.: Artist: Giovanni Boldini); Ghigo Roli

Background imageCello Collection: The Awakening of Michel Montaigne (oil on panel)

The Awakening of Michel Montaigne (oil on panel)
471328 The Awakening of Michel Montaigne (oil on panel) by Hamman, Edouard Jean Conrad (1819-88); 58x72 cm; Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp

Background imageCello Collection: Maria Sethe at the harmonium, 1891 (oil on canvas)

Maria Sethe at the harmonium, 1891 (oil on canvas)
471124 Maria Sethe at the harmonium, 1891 (oil on canvas) by Rysselberghe, Theo van (1862-1926); 118x84.5 cm; Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, Belgium; (add.info.: Maria Sethe)

Background imageCello Collection: A restorer in his workshop full of instruments. Painting by Claude Firmin (1864-1944)

A restorer in his workshop full of instruments. Painting by Claude Firmin (1864-1944)
JLJ4659892 A restorer in his workshop full of instruments. Painting by Claude Firmin (1864-1944) 1896 Avignon musee Calvet Attention

Background imageCello Collection: Study from behind of a naked man playing a cello, from the Principios para estudiar e... ca. 1693

Study from behind of a naked man playing a cello, from the Principios para estudiar e... ca. 1693
Study from behind of a naked man playing a cello, from the Principios para estudiar el Nobilisimo y Real arte de la Pintura (Madrid 1693), ca. 1693

Background imageCello Collection: Duo of gypsy musicians in an inn in Brod (or Bosanski Brod, Bosnia)

Duo of gypsy musicians in an inn in Brod (or Bosanski Brod, Bosnia). Engraving to illustrate the memories of travel
LSE4328989 Duo of gypsy musicians in an inn in Brod (or Bosanski Brod, Bosnia). Engraving to illustrate the memories of travel among the southern Slavs, by Georges Perrot, in 1868

Background imageCello Collection: Evora

Evora
Djayent Abdillah

Background imageCello Collection: Caricature figurines of musicians, made in Nuremberg, 1836 (ceramic) (see also 78087)

Caricature figurines of musicians, made in Nuremberg, 1836 (ceramic) (see also 78087)
BAL78086 Caricature figurines of musicians, made in Nuremberg, 1836 (ceramic) (see also 78087) by German School, (19th century); Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK

Background imageCello Collection: A Musical Evening (oil on canvas)

A Musical Evening (oil on canvas)
IND54462 A Musical Evening (oil on canvas) by Houasse, Michel-Ange (1680-1730); Patrimonio Nacional, Madrid, Spain; Index Fototeca

Background imageCello Collection: Winter in Hungary, gypsy musicians attacked and killed by wolves (Colour Litho)

Winter in Hungary, gypsy musicians attacked and killed by wolves (Colour Litho)
2814981 Winter in Hungary, gypsy musicians attacked and killed by wolves (Colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Winter in Hungary)




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The cello, a majestic instrument with a rich history, has captivated audiences for centuries. From the talented hands of Madame Suggia during the years 1920-1923 to the mesmerizing performances by Miss Beatrice Harrison, this instrument has been a source of inspiration and awe. In 1933, artist Augustus John beautifully captured the essence of the cello in his artwork. The painting showcased various musical instruments surrounding this enchanting piece, highlighting its significance in orchestral compositions. One cannot forget The Sharp Family's portrait from 1779-1781 by Johan Zoffany. This masterpiece immortalized their love for music as they gathered around their beloved cello, showcasing its importance within family bonds. Taking us to Margate Pier is Jessie Wildon and her Bijou Orchestra. Their melodious tunes resonated through the air as she skillfully played her cello, captivating listeners with every note. M Rostropovich's photograph reminds us of his virtuosity on this magnificent instrument. His talent transcended boundaries and left an indelible mark on classical music history. Liszt conducting in Budapest brings forth images of grandeur and elegance. As he led an orchestra filled with cellos among other instruments, their harmonies created symphonic magic that transported audiences to another realm. A snapshot from Geneva showcases a passionate cellist pouring their heart into each stroke of the bow. In Switzerland's picturesque landscape, this musician perfectly embodies Europe's love affair with classical music. Traveling across continents to Cienfuegos in Cuba takes us to where a double bass rests against a wall. Its presence signifies not only its own unique sound but also how it complements the soulful melodies produced by cellos in Central America's vibrant musical scene. Visiting Beethoven's birthplace in Bonn evokes memories of his genius compositions brought to life through his mastery over many instruments including the cello. His music continues to inspire and move audiences worldwide.