Jacob Stainer, Absam, c. 1680
Violin: 40023
Fake label, dated 1653.
Length of back: 35.4 cm
Upper bouts: 16.4 cm
Middle bouts: 11.1 cm
Lower bouts: 20 cm
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Notes:
"The earliest known reference to this instrument is made in a letter of 20 September 1882, by Thomas Bushrod Washington, the great, great, great-nephew of President George Washington. He eventually auctioned it for $335 in 1891 claiming that the violin was once the property of the First President. . . ."Provenance
| c. 1882-1891 | Thomas Bushrod Washington |
| 1891-c. 1971 | Otto Sutro |
| from 1971 | Smithsonian Institution Museum |
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Jacques Français, New York, NY (1970)
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References
Collections Search Center, Smithsonian Institution- Jakob Stainer: Leben und Werk des Tiroler Meisters, Walter Senn & Karl Roy, Verlag E. Bochinsky, Frankfurt (illustrated)
Jakob Stainer: Leben und Werk des Tiroler Meisters, Walter Senn & Karl Roy, Verlag E. Bochinsky, Frankfurt (illustrated)
