Jacob Stainer, Absam, 1661
Violin: 40012
Handwritten label, "Jacobus Stainer in Absam / prope oenipontum 1661."
Back: One-piece of bird's-eye maple
Top: Spruce of medium grain
Scroll: Wood similar to back
Ribs: Quartered maple of medium figure
Length of back: 35.5 cm
Upper bouts: 16.3 cm
Middle bouts: 11.2 cm
Lower bouts: 20 cm
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Provenance
| in 1915 | Sold by Lyon & Healy |
| Sold by Emil Herrmann, New York | |
| until 1962 | Hugh W. Long |
| from 1962 | Yale University |
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Emil Herrmann, New York, New York, NY (1961)
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References
Jakob Stainer: Leben und Werk des Tiroler Meisters, Walter Senn & Karl Roy, Verlag E. Bochinsky, Frankfurt (illustrated)
Stainer violin; Yale University