Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1709, the 'Marie Hall, Viotti'
Violin: 41348
Bearing its original label, "Antonius Stradiuarius Cremonsensis Faciebat Anno 1709."
Back: One-piece of medium curl ascending from left to right
Scroll: of medium to broad curl
Ribs: of narrow curl
Varnish: Orange-brown
Length of back: 35.6 cm
Upper bouts: 16.8 cm
Middle bouts: 10.9 cm
Lower bouts: 20.8 cm
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Notes:
"The back was made from a log that Stradivari obtained in 1709 and utilized up to 1716."The Chi-Mei Collection of Fine Violins, Jen-wu Chen, The Chi-Mei Collection of Fine Violins
"It was on this instrument that Viotti played his first concerts in Paris in 1781 which established his reputation."
Antonio Stradivari - Catalogue of the 2008 Exhibit in Montpelier, Peter Biddulph, Frédéric Chaudière & John Dilworth, Antonio Stradivari - Catalogue of the 2008 Exhibit in Montpelier, Montpelier
Provenance
| John Betts | |
| Duke of Cambridge | |
| until 1817 | Giovanni Battista Viotti |
| until 1905 | George Hart |
| 1905-1956 | Marie Hall |
| 1956-1968 | Mrs. Pauline S. M. Baring |
| in 1968 | Sold by Sotheby's |
| 1968-1974 | Jack Morrison |
| until 1974 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| from 1974 | Tun Datu Mustapha |
| in 1988 | Sold by Sotheby's |
| from 1988 | Geraldo Modern |
| from 1991 | Chi-Mei Culture Foundation |
Known players
Giovanni Battista Viotti, Marie Hall, Thomas Bowes
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1974)- Certificate: Hart & Son, London (1905)
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References
Antonio Stradivari - Catalogue of the 2008 Exhibit in Montpelier, Peter Biddulph, Frédéric Chaudière & John Dilworth, Musée Fabre / Actes Sud, Montpelier (illustrated)- The Strad, February, 1969, London (illustrated)
- Four Centuries of Violin Making: Fine Instruments from the Sotheby's Archive, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, Boston (illustrated)
- How Many Strads? (1999 edition), Doring, Bein & Fushi, Bein & Fushi, Chicago, 1999
- The Strad, 1910, B. Henderson, London, Aug 1910 (illustrated)
- Private Archives - 10072
- Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, March 31, 1988, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)
- Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, November 7, 1968, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)
- Sotheby's Photo Archive
- Stradivarius: Five Violins, One Cello and a Genius
- The Chi-Mei Collection of Fine Violins, Jen-wu Chen, Chi-Mei Culture Foundation (illustrated)
- The Legend of Italian Violins: Brescian and Cremonese Violin Makers 1550-1950, Dai Ting Chung, Wen-Lo Shi (illustrated)
- W. E. Hill & Sons Photographic Archive (illustrated)