Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1718, the 'Prové'
Violin: 43082
Bearing its original label, "Antonius Stradivarius Cremonensis Faciebat Anno 1715."
Back: Two-piece
Top: by Stradivari, but later
Length of back: 35.6 cm
Upper bouts: 16.7 cm
Middle bouts: 10.9 cm
Lower bouts: 20.6 cm
Provenance
| until 1880 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| from 1880 | Karlovitsch Prové |
| 1918-1951 | Woldemar Oberberg |
| from 1951 | Current owner |
Known players
Fedor Ivanovitsch Prové, Karl Grigorowitsch
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: John & Arthur Beare, London (2003) Dates the instrument to circa 1718-20. States that the belly, thought surely by Stradivari, belongs to "a slightly later period" and has been "adapted to fit this instrument."- Certificate: Hamma & Co., Stuttgart (1951)
Letter: Hamma & Co., Stuttgart (1951)
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References
Antonius Stradivarius (Volumes I-IV), Jost Thöne, Jan Röhrmann, Alessandra Barabaschi, Jost Thöne Verlag, Cologne, 2010 (illustrated)- Italian Violin Makers (1964), Karel Jalovec, Paul Hamlyn, London, 1964
- Italienische Geigenbauer (1957), Karel Jalovec, Artia, Prague, 1957 (illustrated)
- Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, NY (illustrated)