Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1719, the 'Alba, Herzog, Coronation'
Violin: 41295
Repaired by Vicenzo Ascension in Madrid in 1788.
Back: Two-piece
Length of back: 35.6 cm
Upper bouts: 16.6 cm
Lower bouts: 20.6 cm
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Notes:
"Ownership of this instrument can be traced back to the year 1788, when it was entrusted by the Duke of Alba to Vecenzo Ascensio of Madrid for repairs (there is an inscription by Ascensio still visible on the label)."Homage, James Ehnes, Homage
"A violin by Antonius Stradivari, 1719, the property of Mr. Otto von Booth, of Johannesburg, was withdrawn at £1,500, the reserve price being £2.000."
Violins Under the Hammer, The Strad, 1911, London
Provenance
| Duke of Alba | |
| until 1855 | Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume |
| from 1855 | Wilhelm von Booth |
| until 1911 | Otto van Booth |
| in 1911 | Sold by Puttick & Simpson |
| from 1911 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| Sold by Hamma & Co. | |
| in 1913 | Dr. Paul Hellmann |
| ... | ... |
| in 1937 | Enrico Haupt |
| ... | ... |
| in 1963 | Ernst Kinkel |
| ... | ... |
| in 2007 | Current owner |
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: John & Arthur Beare, London (2001)
Letter: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1913)- Dendrochronology report: John C. Topham, Surrey Dating the youngest tree ring to 1706.
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References
- Homage, James Ehnes, Onyx Classics
- How Many Strads? (1999 edition), Doring, Bein & Fushi, Bein & Fushi, Chicago, 1999
Italian Violin Makers (1964), Karel Jalovec, Paul Hamlyn, London, 1964 (illustrated)- Italienische Geigenbauer (1957), Karel Jalovec, Artia, Prague, 1957 (illustrated)
- Meister Italienischer Geigenbaukunst (8th Edition), Hamma & Co., Florian Noetzel Verlag, Wilhelmshaven (illustrated)
- Meisterwerke Italienischer Geigenbaukunst, Fridolin Hamma, Hamma & Co., Stuttgart (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)
- The Strad, 1911, London, Jul 1911