Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1690, the 'Barjansky'
Cello: 41607
Label dated 1684.
Back: Two-piece
Scroll: In fruitwood and also by Stradivari, but from a different piece of wood as the rest of the instrument. Original neck.
Length of back: 76.0 cm
Upper bouts: 34 cm
Middle bouts: 23.1 cm
Lower bouts: 43.6 cm
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Provenance
| Sold by Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume | |
| Marquis de Pluvié | |
| Jules Gallay | |
| Louis Vidoudez | |
| in 1871 | Comte de Poilloüe de Saint Périer de Kergorlay |
| until 1909 | Caressa & Français |
| in 1909 | Sold by George Hart |
| from 1909 | Dr Sergei Barjansky |
| from 1922 | Henri Quersin |
| in 1963 | R. van de Kerchove |
| ... | ... |
| in 1983 | Sold by Sotheby's |
| from 1983 | Anonymous |
| from c. 2020 | Current owner |
Known players
Gaillard, Julian Lloyd Webber
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Hart & Son, London (1909)
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References
Antonius Stradivarius (Volumes I-IV), Jost Thöne, Jan Röhrmann, Alessandra Barabaschi, Jost Thöne Verlag, Cologne, 2010 (illustrated)- The Strad, 1909, London, Nov 1909 (illustrated)
- How Many Strads? (1999 edition), Doring, Bein & Fushi, Bein & Fushi, Chicago, 1999
- Mostra di Antonio Stradivari (Palazzo Borromeo - Isola Bella), Turris Editrice, Cremona (illustrated)
- Sale Book, 1870-1936, The Jacques Francais Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
- Sotheby's Highly Important Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, Part II, June 23, 1983, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)
- The Strad, October, 1983, Brian Jones, London (illustrated)