Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1683, the 'Cobbett, Holloway'
Violin: 40650
Bearing its original label.
Back: One-piece
Length of back: 35.7 cm
Upper bouts: 17 cm
Middle bouts: 11.4 cm
Lower bouts: 21 cm
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Notes:
The "Cobbett" is made on a grand pattern with measurements that are very similar to large-form instruments made during his golden period (generally thought of as the years after 1700). The violin is illustrated in Herbert Goodkind's Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari and also in our recently updated and revised edition of How Many Strads? Our Legacy from the Master by Ernest Doring.The material for the back and ribs is from a lively figured quarter-cut maple log used quite often by the maker during the period. The "Cobbett" is covered with a lustrous golden varnish of incomparable quality. The tone is vibrant and silky with tremendous carrying power.
Provenance
| from 1900 | Walter Wilson Cobbett |
| until 1908 | Robert Augustus Bower |
| from 1908 | August Herrmann |
| in 1920 | Sold by Emil Herrmann, Berlin |
| from 1920 | Helen Teschner Tas |
| in 2009 | Current owner |
Known players
Chun-Wen Huang, Helen Teschner
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London- Certificate: Emil Herrmann, New York, New York, NY
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References
Bein & Fushi 2004 Calendar, Bein & Fushi, Inc, Bein & Fushi, Chicago (illustrated)- Bein & Fushi Catalog, No. 15 (2002), Bein & Fushi, Inc, Bein & Fushi, Chicago (illustrated)
- Fine Stringed Instruments Exhibition, Hong Kong, October 21-28, 2006
- How Many Strads? (1999 edition), Doring, Bein & Fushi, Bein & Fushi, Chicago, 1999 (illustrated)
- Private Archives - 10746
- The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)
- The Stradivarius Memorial Association
- Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, NY (illustrated)