Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1723, the 'Edler, McCormack, Healy'
Violin: 41514
Bearing its original label.
Back: Two-piece of handsome curly oppio maple
Varnish: Orange-red
Length of back: 35.6 cm
Upper bouts: 16.6 cm
Middle bouts: 10.85 cm
Lower bouts: 20.65 cm
Provenance
| Charles F. Edler | |
| Sold by John & Arthur Beare | |
| until 1893 | Royal De Forest Hawley |
| Sold by Lyon & Healy | |
| until 1915 | John McCormack |
| 1915-1926 | Dr. L. H. Cornell |
| until 1927 | Philip Rubin |
| 1927-1937 | Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. |
| from 1937 and in 1941 | Stefan Sopkin |
| Sold by John & Arthur Beare |
Known players
Henry Sopkin
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1928)
Cozio holds copies of many certificates and other documents, some of which are available to view on request. Please contact us if you wish to view a particular document. (Note that we do not always have permission to share documents.)
References
Antonius Stradivarius (Volumes I-IV), Jost Thöne, Jan Röhrmann, Alessandra Barabaschi, Jost Thöne Verlag, Cologne, 2010 (illustrated)- How Many Strads? (1999 edition), Doring, Bein & Fushi, Bein & Fushi, Chicago, 1999
- Violins & Violinists, Summer, 1941, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago (illustrated)
- The Stradivarius Memorial Association
- Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, NY (illustrated)