Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1699, the 'Camposelice'
Violin: 41278
Bearing its original label.
Back: One-piece cut on the slab
Scroll: matches ribs
Ribs: quarter-cut with a handsome flame
Varnish: deep reddish-brown
Length of back: 35.6 cm
Upper bouts: 16 cm
Lower bouts: 20 cm
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Notes:
The date of this instrument is listed as 1696 in an article by Towry Piper in the September 1917 issue of "The Strad".How Many Strads? - Supplemental Remarks, Ernest N. Doring, Violins & Violinists, December, 1945, Chicago
Provenance
| George Withers & Sons | |
| until 1887 | Duc de Camposelice |
| from 1887 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| until 1892 | Ernst Kessler |
| from 1892 | Christopher Rawdon Briggs |
| until 1916 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| from 1916 and in 1917 | Alfred C. Marshall |
| in 1919 | Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons |
| 1919-1923 | Alfred Cecil Bonvalot |
| 1923-1935 | Antonio Antoncich |
| in 1936 | Sold by Hart & Son |
| from 1936 | Current owner |
Known players
Orrea Pernel
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London
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References
The Strad, 1917, Towry Piper, London, Sep 1917 (illustrated)- How Many Strads? (1999 edition), Doring, Bein & Fushi, Bein & Fushi, Chicago, 1999
- Violins & Violinists, December, 1945, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago