Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1735, the 'Nestor, Leveque, Rode'
Violin: 40533
Bearing its original label, with the final digits altered to read "1727"; "fatto de Anni 89."
Back: Two-piece
Length of back: 35.25 cm
Upper bouts: 16.25 cm
Middle bouts: 10.95 cm
Lower bouts: 20.6 cm
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Notes:
The first instrument to bear a note on the label indicating Stradivari's age -- "fatto de Anni 83". [actually, it's "Anni 89"]How Many Strads?, Doring, Bein & Fushi, Doring, Bein & Fushi, How Many Strads? (1999 edition), Chicago
"By 1915 it had acquired the moniker 'Le Nestor' which likely was derived from the Greek king Nestor whose 'voice flows sweeter than honey.'"
Cremona 1730-1750: the Olympus of Violin Making, Christopher Reuning, editor, Cremona 1730-1750: the Olympus of Violin Making, Cremona
Provenance
| Jacques Pierre Joseph Rode | |
| in 1830 | General La Molière |
| until 1875 | C. N. E. Gand |
| from 1875 | Colonel Levêque |
| until 1916 | Albert Caressa |
| ... | ... |
| from 1916 and in 1925 | Herbert S. Grimes |
| Henry Hottinger | |
| until 1960 | Rembert Wurlitzer Inc. |
| from 1960 | Jerry Castellone |
| until 1969 | Rembert Wurlitzer Inc. |
| from 1969 | Dr. Lise B. Elson |
| in 2001 | Current owner |
References
A Thousand Mornings of Music, Arnold Gingrich, Crown Publishers, New York (illustrated)- An Encyclopedia of the Violin (1925), Alberto Bachman, The Library Press Limited, London
- Cremona 1730-1750: the Olympus of Violin Making, Christopher Reuning, editor, Consorzio Liutai Antonio Stradivari, Cremona (illustrated)
- How Many Strads? (1999 edition), Doring, Bein & Fushi, Bein & Fushi, Chicago, 1999
- Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, NY (illustrated)