Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1722, the 'Earl'
Violin: 40523
Back: Two-piece
Length of back: 35.4 cm
Upper bouts: 16.7 cm
Middle bouts: 10.8 cm
Lower bouts: 20.7 cm
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Notes:
The first Stradivari instrument to be imported to the United States.How Many Strads?, Doring, Bein & Fushi, Doring, Bein & Fushi, How Many Strads? (1999 edition), Chicago
Provenance
| until 1859 | Earl of Westmoreland |
| 1853-1874 | John Hart |
| until 1877 | P. R. Parera |
| in 1877 | Sold by George Hart |
| in 1877 | Sold by Puttick & Simpson |
| 1877-1893 | Royal De Forest Hawley |
| 1893-1896 | Laura W. Hawley |
| 1896-1902 | Ralph M. Granger |
| from 1902 | Lyon & Healy |
| in 1904 | Archibald Mitchell |
| Francis C. Dale | |
| in 1915 | Sold by Lyon & Healy |
| ... | ... |
| in 1925 | W. T. Cousens |
| until 1944 | Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. |
| from 1944 | Current owner |
Known players
Alfredo Saint Malo, Gerhard Kander
References
- An Encyclopedia of the Violin (1925), Alberto Bachman, The Library Press Limited, London
How Many Strads? (1999 edition), Doring, Bein & Fushi, Bein & Fushi, Chicago, 1999 (illustrated)- Lyon & Healy Rare Old Violins, Violas & Violoncellos (1915), Lyon & Healy, Chicago (illustrated)
- The Hawley Collection of Violins, Lyon & Healy, Chicago (illustrated)
- Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, NY (illustrated)