Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1699, the 'Castelbarco'
Violin: 40117
Bearing its original label, dated 1696, but changed to 1701.
Back: One-piece, cut on the slab
Top: of finely grained pine, opening out at the flanks
Ribs: cut on the quarter
Varnish: Golden-orange
Length of back: 35.8 cm
Upper bouts: 16 cm
Middle bouts: 10.5 cm
Lower bouts: 19.95 cm
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Notes:
"For me, the 'Castelbarco' is somewhere in between the others -- brighter sounding than the 'Ward' but not quite as powerful as the 'Betts'."Elective Affinities: Tributes to Antonio Stradivari by well-known players & experts, Earl Carlyss, The Strad, December, 1987, London
Provenance
until 1862 | Count Cesare Pompeo Castelbarco |
in 1862 | Sold by Puttick & Simpson |
from 1862 | Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume |
Dr. Tesse | |
from 1870 | Richard Wagner |
from 1872 | Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume |
until 1875 | David Laurie |
1875-1877 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
1877-1907 | John Mountford |
in 1907 | Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons |
from 1907 | Mrs. Renton |
1928-1934 | Nathan E. Posner |
1934-1936 | Gertrude Clarke Whittall |
from 1936 | Library of Congress, Washington |
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1907)
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References
- Antonio Stradivari: His Life & Work (1644-1737), W. Henry, Arthur F. & Alfred E. Hill, William E. Hill & Sons, London, 1902
Antonius Stradivarius (Volumes I-IV), Jost Thöne, Jan Röhrmann, Alessandra Barabaschi, Jost Thöne Verlag, Cologne, 2010 (illustrated)
- The Strad, December, 1987, Earl Carlyss, London
Journal of the Violin Society of America, Vol. XVII, No. 2, Robert Bein, The Queens College Press, Flushing, NY (illustrated)
How Many Strads? (1999 edition), Doring, Bein & Fushi, Bein & Fushi, Chicago, 1999 (illustrated)
Violins & Violinists, September, 1938, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago (illustrated)
The Strad, November, 2006, Philip J. Kass, Newsquest Specialist Media, London (illustrated)
Stradivari, Stewart Pollens, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2010 (illustrated)
The Stradivari Memorial (1977), William Dana Orcutt, Da Capo Press, New York (illustrated)
- The Stringed Instrument Collection in the Library of Congress, Shinichi Yokoyama, Gakken
Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, NY (illustrated)
Journal of the Violin Society of America, Vol. V, No. 2, Albert Mell, The Queens College Press, Flushing, NY (illustrated)