Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1698, the 'Theonville'


Violin: 41269

Bearing its original label.

Back: One-piece showing excellent figure slanting downwards from left

Length of back: 35.55 cm

Upper bouts: 16.75 cm

Middle bouts: 10.75 cm

Lower bouts: 20.7 cm

There are 3 additional images in the archive which are not available publicly. Please contact us for more information.

Provenance

in 1800 Sir Rowland Watkin Wynn
John Betts
W. Levine
John Betts
Rev. L. Andrewes
until 1905 Andrewes family
1905-1916 Charles Fletcher
1916-1934 W. E. Hill & Sons
from 1934 and in 1937 Signor Guglielmo Théonville
until 1957 Dr. Georg-Eduard Heberlein
1957-1963 Dr. Emil Eduard Heberlein
from 1963 Dr. Ulrich Hermann Heberlein
until 1974 Max Möller & Son
from 1974 Current owner

Known players

Theo Olof

Certificates & Documents

  • Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1934) "[The scroll] . . . was probably made by the maker a few years prior to the body."
  • Letter: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1934)

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References

  • Antonio Stradivari in Japan, Shinichi Yokoyama, Gakken, Tokyo (illustrated)
  • Antonius Stradivarius (Volumes I-IV), Jost Thöne, Jan Röhrmann, Alessandra Barabaschi, Jost Thöne Verlag, Cologne, 2010 (illustrated)
  • Correspondence with Thijs Kramer, January, 2005
  • How Many Strads? (1999 edition), Doring, Bein & Fushi, Bein & Fushi, Chicago, 1999
  • L'Esposizione di Liuteria Antica a Cremona nel 1937, Comitato Stradivariano, Cremona (illustrated)
  • Mostra di Antonio Stradivari (Palazzo Borromeo - Isola Bella), Turris Editrice, Cremona (illustrated)
  • Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, NY (illustrated)
  • We Love Stradivari, NHK (illustrated)

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