Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, c. 1728, the 'von Beckerath'
Violin: 41297
Labeled, "Antonius Stradiuarius Cremonensis / Faciebat Anno 1720."
Back: in one-piece of maple with medium faint curl.
Top: of medium grain in the center, broadening towards the flanks.
Scroll: similar.
Ribs: similar.
Varnish: of a red-brown color over a yellow-brown ground.
Length of back: 36.0 cm
Upper bouts: 16.9 cm
Middle bouts: 11.55 cm
Lower bouts: 20.9 cm
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Provenance
| Rudolph von Beckerath | |
| in 1926 | Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons |
| until 1928 | Bram Eldering |
| ... | ... |
| in 1936 and until 1956 | Dr. Fischer |
| ... | ... |
| in 1956 | Sold by Hamma & Co. |
| from 1956 | Mayer-Schiering |
| until 2015 | Anonymous |
| in 2015 | Sold by Tarisio Private Sales |
| from 2015 | Current owner |
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Machold Rare Violins, Ltd, Vienna (2004) X-102.- Certificate: Hamma & Co., Stuttgart (1956)
- Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1936) Notes that the label has been tampered with and that the correct date is either 1728 or 1729.
Letter: Prof. W. von Beckerath (1935) Letter to Emil Herrmann confirming that the violin was bought by the father of Willy von Beckerath from the Baron von der Leyen in 1863 or 1864 and sold it again in 1915.- Certificate: Philipp Hammig, Berlin (1934)
- Dendrochronology report: John C. Topham, Surrey Dating the youngest tree ring to 1692.
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References
Alte Meistergeigen: Band III und IV, Die Cremoneser Schule / Antonius Stradivarius, Verband Schweizerischer Geigenbaumeister, Verlag Edwin Bochinsky, Frankfurt am Main (illustrated)- Journal of the Violin Society of America, Vol. XIII, No. 1, Roger Hargrave, The Queens College Press, Flushing, NY (illustrated)
- Italian Violin Makers (1964), Karel Jalovec, Paul Hamlyn, London, 1964
- Italienische Geigenbauer (1957), Karel Jalovec, Artia, Prague, 1957 (illustrated)
- Meister Italienischer Geigenbaukunst (8th Edition), Hamma & Co., Florian Noetzel Verlag, Wilhelmshaven (illustrated)
- Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, NY (illustrated)