Jacob Stainer, Absam, 1658
Violin: 41690
Labeled, "Jacobus Stainer in Absom / prope Oenpontum..1658."
Back: Two-piece of medium curl
Top: of narrow grain broadening towards the flanks
Scroll: of wood similar to back
Ribs: of wood similar to back
Varnish: Red gold
Length of back: 35.3 cm
Upper bouts: 16.5 cm
Middle bouts: 11.3 cm
Lower bouts: 20.3 cm
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Provenance
| in 1915 | Sold by Lyon & Healy |
| Sold by Wurlitzer | |
| in 1948 | Richard Klein |
| Alfred De Liagre | |
| until 1961 | Emil Herrmann, New York |
| Richard Kathan | |
| Hazel Jean Kirk | |
| in 1998 | Sold by Christie's |
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., Cincinnati, OH (1948)- Certificate: Emil Herrmann, New York, New York, NY (1941) EH 2116
Certificate: Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., Cincinnati, OH (1948)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
Christie's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, November 18, 1998, London, Christie's, Christie's, London (illustrated)- Jakob Stainer: Leben und Werk des Tiroler Meisters, Walter Senn & Karl Roy, Verlag E. Bochinsky, Frankfurt (illustrated)
- Private Archives - 10842
- The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)
Christie's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, November 18, 1998, London, Christie's, Christie's, London (illustrated)
