Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1691, the 'Dancla, Marquis de Villars'
Violin: 41450
Back: One-piece
Notes:
Looks like it's cut from the same log as the ex-Stephens of 1690.How Many Strads?, Doring, Bein & Fushi, Doring, Bein & Fushi, How Many Strads? (1999 edition), Chicago
Emil Herrmann notes: Lists the history of this instrument, but with potos of the 1693 ex-Dancla [ID=3059].
The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Washington, DC
Provenance
| M. Gramaniac | |
| Marquis de Montendre | |
| Marquis de Villars | |
| Jean Baptiste Charles Dancla | |
| Baron Joseph Raphaël Vitta | |
| Labitte | |
| until 1830 | Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume |
| from 1830 | M. Poussard |
| in 1900 | Emil Szymon Mlynarski |
| ... | ... |
| from 1907 | Unknown |
| from 1918 | Hamma & Co. |
| until 1928 | Caressa & Français |
| ... | ... |
| from 1928 and in 1945 | George Jay Gould |
| ... | ... |
| from 1958 | Current owner |
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Albert Caressa, Paris (1928)
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References
- 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)
- Meisterwerke Italienischer Geigenbaukunst, Fridolin Hamma, Hamma & Co., Stuttgart (illustrated)
- The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
- Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, NY (illustrated)
- Violons par Antonius Stradivarius de Crémone, Albert Caressa, Paris (illustrated)
Italian Violin Makers (1964), Karel Jalovec, Paul Hamlyn, London, 1964 (illustrated)
