Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1698, the 'Rouse-Boughton'

Violin: 41265

FIT TO SCREEN FULL SIZE

Bearing its original label, but the date has been changed to 1703.

Back: One-piece with narrow, regular flaming, running somewhat diagonally, being slightly lower on the bass side

Varnish: Golden-yellow ground coat with orange-red varnish on top

Length of back: 35.3 cm

Upper bouts: 16 cm

Middle bouts: 10.5 cm

Lower bouts: 20.15 cm

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Provenance

1810-1907	Rouse-Boughton
in 1907	Sold by Puttick & Simpson
until 1911	W. E. Hill & Sons
1911-1912	Robert Augustus Bower
in 1912	Sold by August Herrmann
in 1912	Willi Seibert
1912-1928	Frank Gittelson
in 1928	Sold by Emil Herrmann, New York
from 1928	David S. Carter
in 1937	Sold by Emil Herrmann, New York
...	...
from 1937 and in 1945	Mrs. Olga Monks-Perzoff
...	...
from 1991 and in 2002	Oesterreichische Nationalbank

Boris Kuschnir

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Antonius Stradivarius (Volumes I-IV), Jost Thöne, Jan Röhrmann, Alessandra Barabaschi, Jost Thöne Verlag, Cologne, 2010 (illustrated)
How Many Strads? (1999 edition), Doring, Bein & Fushi, Bein & Fushi, Chicago, 1999
Masterpieces of Violin-Making: The Collection of Bowed Stringed Instruments of the Oesterreische Nationalbank, Rudolf Hopfner, Skira, Milan (illustrated)
Private Archives - 10746
Private Papers
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