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)