Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1723, the 'Jules Falk'
Violin: 40620
Labeled, "Antonius Stradiuarius Cremonensis Faciebat Anno 1723."
Back: One-piece of native maple; from the same log as the 1723 Emiliani
Top: of fine even grain
Scroll: of fainter medium curl
Ribs: of wood similar to back
Varnish: Golden-orange
Length of back: 35.9 cm
Upper bouts: 16.9 cm
Middle bouts: 11.4 cm
Lower bouts: 20.9 cm
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Notes:
"The violin is modelled on the PG form, also used for the 'Lady Blunt', 'Messiah' and Habaneck Strads, and the maple of the back appears on several other 1723 violins, including the 'Earl Spencer'."The "Jules Falk" Stradivari, The Strad, August, 1960, London
Provenance
| Luigi Tarisio | |
| Sold by Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume | |
| Paul Vidal | |
| 1737-1743 | Francesco Stradivari |
| 1743-1775 | Paolo Stradivari |
| from 1775 | Count Ignazio Alessandro Cozio di Salabue |
| until 1890 | Gand & Bernardel, Freres |
| from 1890 | Ami Rehfous |
| until 1900 | Gustave Bernardel |
| 1900-1907 | Marcel Herwegh |
| 1907-1957 | Jules Falk |
| from 1959 | Charles Falk |
| in 1964 and until 1985 | Frank Passa |
| in 1966 | Rolf Habisreutinger |
| ... | ... |
| in 1985 | Sold by Sotheby's |
| from 1985 | Current owner |
Known players
Jules Falk, Viktoria Mullova
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1937) States that the instrument is from 1722-25.- Certificate: Gustave Bernardel (photocopy), Paris (1900) Dates the instrument as 1706.
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References
Alte Meistergeigen: Band III und IV, Die Cremoneser Schule / Antonius Stradivarius, Verband Schweizerischer Geigenbaumeister, Verlag Edwin Bochinsky, Frankfurt am Main (illustrated)- Antonio Stradivari and His Instruments, William Henley, Amati Publishing, Ltd., Sussex, 1961 (illustrated)
Decca Classics - home of the legendary, London-based classical music label and home to the stars of classical music.- Ars Musica, Aloys Greither, Bayer AG, Heft 11 (illustrated)
- Private Archives - 10746
- Sotheby's Highly Important Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, April 3, 1985, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)
- The Strad, August, 1960, London (illustrated)
- The Violin Book, Bafalon, London (illustrated)
- Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, NY (illustrated)
- W. E. Hill & Sons Photographic Archive (illustrated)