Eleanor Selfridge-Field writes: "the impetus for Vivaldi to write these works at such a late age may have come from the general popularity of the cello sonatas of the 1730s, or perhaps from the specific example of Marcello, who wrote two collections of cello sonatas published in that decade". Benedetto Marcello had composed six cello sonatas in a similar style shortly before Vivaldi. When Vivaldi worked in Venice, the cello sonata became a popular genre.
He wrote at least four other cello sonatas, with two manuscripts kept in Naples, another in Wiesentheid, and one known to be lost. A set of six cello sonatas, written between 17, was published in Paris in 1740. Antonio Vivaldi composed several sonatas for cello and continuo.
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