Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1680, the 'Paganini-Desaint'
Violin: 40047
Bearing its original label, with date changed to 1796.
Back: Two-piece
Ribs: cut on the half slab
Varnish: Reddish brown over a golden ground
Length of back: 35.6 cm
Upper bouts: 16.5 cm
Middle bouts: 10.8 cm
Lower bouts: 20.4 cm
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Notes:
Second violin of the Paganini Quartet. The quartet has been loaned as a set to the Tokyo Quartet 1995-2013; the Hagen Quartet 2013-2017; and the Quartetto di Cremona 2017- Previously the quartet was played by the Paganini Quartet (1946-1966) and the Cleveland Quartet (1982-1995)Nippon Music Foundation Instruments: Paganini Quartet
Dated 1698.
Stradivarius-Guarnerius del Gesù: Catalogue descriptif de leurs instruments, Charles-Eugène Gand, Stradivarius-Guarnerius del Gesù: Catalogue descriptif de leurs instruments (Facsimile of Gand's notes from 1870-91), Spa
"This instrument has a label from 1696, but most experts agree on an earlier provenance, around 1680."
Le Quatuor Stradivarius "Nicolo Paganini", Claude Lebet, Claude Lebet, Le Quatuor Stradivarius "Nicolò Paganini", Spa
Provenance
| 1810-1840 | Nicolò Paganini |
| 1840-1852 | Baron Achille Paganini |
| in 1852 | Sold by Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume |
| ... | ... |
| from 1852 and in 1872 | Desaint |
| ... | ... |
| 1903-1906 | M. Levers |
| in 1906 | Sold by Caressa & Français |
| 1906-1918 | Pierre de Ellisseieff |
| 1918-1925 | Boris Kitchin |
| 1925-1926 | Emil Herrmann, New York |
| 1926-1944 | David H. Walton |
| 1944-1946 | Emil Herrmann, New York |
| 1946-1964 | Anna E. Clark |
| 1964-1994 | Corcoran Gallery of Arts |
| from 1994 | Nippon Music Foundation |
Known players
Gustave Rosseels, Kikuei Ikeda, Paolo Andreoli, Peter Salaff, Rainer Schmidt
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Albert Caressa, Paris- Certificate: Emil Herrmann, New York, New York, NY
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References
Dictionnaire des Luthiers, vol. 1, Henri Poidras, Imprimierie de la Vicomté, Rouen (illustrated)- How Many Strads? (1999 edition), Doring, Bein & Fushi, Bein & Fushi, Chicago, 1999 (illustrated)
- Le Quatuor Stradivarius "Nicolò Paganini", Claude Lebet, Les Amis de la Musique, Spa (illustrated)
- Meister Italienischer Geigenbaukunst (8th Edition), Hamma & Co., Florian Noetzel Verlag, Wilhelmshaven (illustrated)
- Nippon Music Foundation Instrument Recipients
- Nippon Music Foundation Instruments: Paganini Quartet
- Stradivarius-Guarnerius del Gesù: Catalogue descriptif de leurs instruments (Facsimile of Gand's notes from 1870-91), Charles-Eugène Gand, Les Amis de la Musique, Spa
- The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)
- The Stringed Instrument Collection in the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Shinichi Yokoyama, Gakken
- Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, NY (illustrated)
Dictionnaire des Luthiers, vol. 1, Henri Poidras, Imprimierie de la Vicomté, Rouen (illustrated)
