Jacob Stainer, Absam, 1656
Violin: 41676
Labeled, "Jacobus Stainer in Absom propè Oenipontum 1656."
Back: One-piece
Top: with flames
Length of back: 35.2 cm
Upper bouts: 16.3 cm
Middle bouts: 10.9 cm
Lower bouts: 19.9 cm
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Notes:
Mentioned in The Strad, Feb. 1928.Jakob Stainer, Walter Senn & Karl Roy, Walter Senn & Karl Roy, Jakob Stainer: Leben und Werk des Tiroler Meisters, Frankfurt
Provenance
| Schroeder | |
| Carl Froelich | |
| in 1925 | Josiah Williams |
| in 1925 | Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons |
| in c. 1930 | Sold by Emil Herrmann, New York |
| until 1940 | William Waterhouse |
| 1940-1943 | Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. |
| in 1943 | Sold by William Lewis & Son |
| from 1943 | William Lewis & Son |
| until 1964 | Jacques Français |
| from 1964 | William MacNeil Rodewald, Jr. |
| from 1966 | Smith |
| until 1981 | Gay Theuerkorn |
| ... | ... |
| from 2014 | Current owner |
Certificates & Documents
- Dendrochronology report: Sondre Lie, Oslo (2026) Dates the latest ring of the bass and treble side as 1603 and 1619, respectively.
Certificate: Jacques Français, New York, NY (1964) #736.- Certificate: Emil Herrmann, New York, New York, NY (1925) Nr. 136 (EH 3751)
- Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1925) Certifies that the printed label is original.
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References
Jakob Stainer: Leben und Werk des Tiroler Meisters, Walter Senn & Karl Roy, Verlag E. Bochinsky, Frankfurt (illustrated)- Private Archives - 10842, Wurlitzer
- The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Box 57 (illustrated)
- The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)
- Violins & Violinists, October, 1943, C. A. Mertzanoff, William Lewis & Son, Chicago (illustrated)