Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1698, the 'Joachim, Kortschak, Field'
Violin: 40474
Labeled, "Antonius Stradiuarius Cremonensis Faciebat Anno 1698."
Back: Two-piece of medium curl
Top: of medium to narrow grain
Scroll: of smaller figure
Ribs: of smaller figure
Varnish: Red brown over a golden ground
Length of back: 36.3 cm
Upper bouts: 16.2 cm
Middle bouts: 10.9 cm
Lower bouts: 20.1 cm
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Provenance
| Anton Ignaz van Houten | |
| until 1886 | Maria Anna Henriette Weber |
| 1886-1898 | Joseph Joachim |
| in 1898 | Ludwig Maximilian Adolph Stiehle |
| until 1920 | Hinderer |
| 1920-1922 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| 1922-1923 | Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. |
| ... | ... |
| from 1923 and in 1930 | Hugo Kortschak |
| until 1958 | William Lewis & Son |
| 1958-1968 | Joan Field |
| 1968-1998 | Ernest H. Noren, Jr. |
| in 1998 | Sold by Christie's |
| from 1998 | Anonymous |
| 1998-2015 | Anonymous |
| until 2016 | Anonymous |
| in 2016 | Sold by Tarisio Private Sales |
| from 2016 | Current owner |
Known players
Carmine Lauri
Certificates & Documents
- Dendrochronology report: Peter Ratcliff, London (2025) Dates the latest ring of the bass and treble side as 1562 and 1663, respectively.
Certificate: William Lewis & Son (photocopy), Chicago, IL (1958)- Letter certificate: Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. (photocopy), New York, NY (1923)
- Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons (photocopy), London (1922)
- Proforma Certificate: Jason Price, New York, NY
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References
- An Encyclopedia of the Violin (1925), Alberto Bachman, The Library Press Limited, London
Christie's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, November 18, 1998, London, Christie's, Christie's, London (illustrated)
Daytona Beach News-Journal Online: Local News, Politics, Entertainment & Sports in Daytona Beach, FL- Hammig Notebook: Meister Strad 'Kortschak', Wilhelm Hermann Hammig
- How Many Strads? (1999 edition), Doring, Bein & Fushi, Bein & Fushi, Chicago, 1999 (illustrated)
- Violins & Violinists, September, 1938, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago (illustrated)
- Masterpieces of Italian Violin Making, David Rattray, Outline Press, London (illustrated)
- Museum & Collections - What’s on - Royal Academy of Music
- Private Archives - 10842, Wurlitzer
- Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, NY (illustrated)