Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, c. 1728, the 'Kiesewetter'

Violin: 40085

FIT TO SCREEN FULL SIZE

Labeled, "Antonius Stradiuarius Cremonensis Faciebat Anno 1727."

Back: One-piece

Length of back: 35.5 cm

Upper bouts: 16.8 cm

Middle bouts: 10.9 cm

Lower bouts: 20.7 cm

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Notes:

Listed in most earlier publications as a work of 1731, but now believed to be made somewhere around 1723.

The Miracle Makers, The Miracle Makers, Chicago

This instrument was seized from Havemeyer's widow, Mrs. H. G. Havemeyer, in 1910 by customs officials who accused Havemeyer of having smuggled the instrument into the country. The attorneys for Havemeyer did not deny the accusation but pleaded the statute of limitations

Havemeyer's 'Strad' Seized, The New York Times, New York

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Provenance

	Christophe Gottfried Kiesewetter
	Sir Francis Goldschmidt
	Miss Goldschmidt
from 1890 and in 1902	Charles Fletcher
until 1905	George Hart
1905-1907	Henry Osborne Havemeyer
until 1950	Horace Havemeyer
from 1953	Rembert Wurlitzer Inc.
in c. 1955	Dr. Jerome Gross
...	...
1972-1986	Howard Gottlieb
from 1986	John & Arthur Beare
in 1996	Current owner

Known players

Augustin Hadelich, Ilya Gringolts, Maxim Vengerov, Philippe Quint, Stefan Jackiw

Certificates & Documents

Dendrochronology report: Peter Ratcliff, London (2023) Dates the latest ring of the bass and treble side as 1719 and 1722, respectively. Printed report available for purchase upon request.
Certificate: Bein & Fushi, Inc (photocopy), Chicago, IL (2007)
Certificate: John & Arthur Beare (photocopy), London (1995)
Certificate: Bein & Fushi, Inc (photocopy), Chicago, IL (1995)

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References

The Strad, April, 2001, Laurinel Owen, Orpheus, London (illustrated)
Antonius Stradivarius (Volumes I-IV), Jost Thöne, Jan Röhrmann, Alessandra Barabaschi, Jost Thöne Verlag, Cologne, 2010 (illustrated)
Arts Management Group
Bein & Fushi 1996 Calendar, Bein & Fushi, Inc, Bein & Fushi, Chicago (illustrated)
The New York Times, New York, December 25, 1910
ICM Partners
My Favourite Instrument
Private Archives - 10842
Stradivari Society Recipients
The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Box 43 (illustrated)
The Miracle Makers, Bein & Fushi, Chicago (illustrated)
Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, NY (illustrated)