Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1697, the 'Haddock, Cater, Rostal'
Violin: 42631
Back: One-piece, with original wings in the lower flanks
Top: of well-defined grain, open in the center and of finer grain on the flanks
Length of back: 35.4 cm
Upper bouts: 16.2 cm
Lower bouts: 20.3 cm
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Notes:
Appears to be from the same log as the "Goetz" of 1695How Many Strads? - Supplemental Remarks, Ernest N. Doring, Violins & Violinists, May-June, 1946, Chicago
"This violin was highly prized by the later Mr. Arthur Hill, who presented it to his wife, in whose possession it remianed until her health forced her to give up playing."
The 'Max Rostal' Stradivari, 1697, The Strad, February, 1947, London
Provenance
| until 1890 | Sampson Moore |
| from 1890 | George Haddock |
| Jan Kubelík | |
| 1898-1906 | Stellings |
| in 1906 | Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons |
| 1906-1927 | Diana Cator |
| 1927-1943 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| from 1943 | Major S. V. Shea-Simonds |
| in 1947 | Max Rostal |
| until 1968 | Henry Werro |
| 1968-1988 | Helga Hussels |
| 1988-1992 | Anonymous |
| from 1992 | Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra |
Known players
Max Rostal
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1947) before 1947- Certificate: Caressa & Français, Paris
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References
Antonio Stradivari and His Instruments, William Henley, Amati Publishing, Ltd., Sussex, 1961 (illustrated)- Die Kunst des Geigenbaues (1997), Otto Möckel, Bernhard Friedrich Voigt, Berlin, 1997 (illustrated)
- Violins & Violinists, May-June, 1946, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago (illustrated)
- Italienische Violinen des 18. Jahrhunderts, John Huber, Verlag Erwin Bochinsky, Frankfurt am Main (illustrated)
- Mostra di Antonio Stradivari (Palazzo Borromeo - Isola Bella), Turris Editrice, Cremona (illustrated)
- The Strad, February, 1947, London (illustrated)
- Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, NY (illustrated)
- W. E. Hill & Sons Photographic Archive (illustrated)