Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1718, the 'Szigeti, Benno Walter'
Violin: 41479
Bearing its original label.
Back: One-piece, cut on the slab
Length of back: 35.2 cm
Upper bouts: 16.5 cm
Middle bouts: 10.7 cm
Lower bouts: 20.5 cm
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Provenance
| Prince of Donaueschingen | |
| Anton Bohrer | |
| Count Ludwig von Eichthal | |
| Sold by Bein & Fushi, Inc | |
| Herbert Limberg | |
| Sold by Ernst Kessler | |
| in 1890 | Benno Walter |
| until 1898 | Bernard Sinsheimer |
| in 1898 | Oswald Schilbach |
| 1898-1924 | Miss A. Harris |
| in 1911 | Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons |
| from 1911 | Hamma & Co. |
| from 1924 | Oswald Schilbach |
| in 1927 | Sold by Emil Herrmann, New York |
| from 1927 | Oswald Schilbach |
| from 1943 | Deszo Szigeti |
| in 1957 | Sold by Herbert Brandwig |
| ... | ... |
| in 2017 | Current owner |
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Rembert Wurlitzer Inc., New York, NY (1957)- Certificate: Emil Herrmann, New York, New York, NY (1944) No. 1306.
Letter: Oswald A. Schilbach, New York, NY (1931)- Certificate: Oswald A. Schilbach, New York, NY
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References
Antonio Stradivari in Japan, Shinichi Yokoyama, Gakken, Tokyo (illustrated)- Bein & Fushi 1980 Calendar, Bein & Fushi, Inc, Bein & Fushi, Chicago (illustrated)
- How Many Strads? (1999 edition), Doring, Bein & Fushi, Bein & Fushi, Chicago, 1999 (illustrated)
- Violins & Violinists, September, 1940, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago (illustrated)
- Meister Italienischer Geigenbaukunst (8th Edition), Hamma & Co., Florian Noetzel Verlag, Wilhelmshaven (illustrated)
- Rare Violins in the Possession of Emil Herrmann: 1926-7, Emil Herrmann, Berlin (illustrated)
- The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)
- Violins & Violinists, January, 1944, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago (illustrated)
- Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, NY (illustrated)
- W. E. Hill & Sons Photographic Archive (illustrated)