Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1734, the 'Baron Feilitzsch, Heermann'
Violin: 41572
Bearing its original label, dated 1734 though the last digit may have been changed.
Back: Two-piece
Scroll: later, probably by Sacconi
Length of back: 35.6 cm
Upper bouts: 16.5 cm
Middle bouts: 10.75 cm
Lower bouts: 20.45 cm
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Provenance
| in 1896 | Sold by Emile Germain |
| Caspar Gottlieb Meier | |
| Sold by Hamma & Co. | |
| Baron Feilitzsch | |
| until 1901 | Hugo Heerman |
| 1901-1912 | Kirchhoff |
| 1912-1913 | Ernst Geiser |
| from 1913 | Paul Ivanovich Gaorin |
| in 1924 | Sold by Hamma & Co. |
| from 1924 | Georg Rauer |
| until 1952 | William Lewis & Son |
| Albin Steindel | |
| in 1963 | Dr. Catherine E. Dobson |
| until 1979 | Bein & Fushi, Inc |
| from 1979 | Current owner |
Known players
Baiba Skride, Gidon Kremer
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Hamma & Co., Stuttgart (1924)- Letter: Hamma & Co., Stuttgart (1924)
- Certificate: Emile Germain, Paris (1896)
Certificate: Hamma & Co., Stuttgart (1924)
Letter: Hamma & Co., Stuttgart (1924)Cozio holds copies of many certificates and other documents, some of which are available to view on request. Please contact us if you wish to view a particular document. (Note that we do not always have permission to share documents.)
References
- Antonio Stradivari and His Instruments, William Henley, Amati Publishing, Ltd., Sussex, 1961
Antonius Stradivarius (Volumes I-IV), Jost Thöne, Jan Röhrmann, Alessandra Barabaschi, Jost Thöne Verlag, Cologne, 2010 (illustrated)- Bein & Fushi 1980 Calendar, Bein & Fushi, Inc, Bein & Fushi, Chicago (illustrated)
- Violins & Violinists, April-May, 1952, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago (illustrated)
- The Lewis Collection of Old Violins, Violas, Cellos & Bows (Fall, 1952), William Lewis & Son, Chicago (illustrated)
- Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, NY (illustrated)
- Tributes to 'del Gesù'
Antonius Stradivarius (Volumes I-IV), Jost Thöne, Jan Röhrmann, Alessandra Barabaschi, Jost Thöne Verlag, Cologne, 2010 (illustrated)
