Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1703, the 'de Rougemont, Gordon, Hart'
Violin: 40478
Bearing its original label, "Antonius Stradiuarius Cremonensis / Faciebat Anno 1703."
Back: One-piece of broad curl ascending from left to right
Top: of medium grain in the center, narrowing towards the flanks
Scroll: of wood similar to back
Ribs: of fainter curl
Varnish: Red over a golden ground
Length of back: 35.3 cm
Upper bouts: 16.1 cm
Middle bouts: 10.8 cm
Lower bouts: 20.05 cm
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Provenance
| Luigi Tarisio | |
| F. de Rougemont | |
| 1910-1919 | George Hart |
| from 1919 | Godfrey Ludlow |
| 1944-1946 | Jacques Gordon |
| from 1946 | Current owner |
Known players
Max Goberman
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Hart & Son, London (1919)
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References
Alte Meistergeigen: Band III und IV, Die Cremoneser Schule / Antonius Stradivarius, Verband Schweizerischer Geigenbaumeister, Verlag Edwin Bochinsky, Frankfurt am Main (illustrated)- Antonio Stradivari: His Life & Work (1644-1737), W. Henry, Arthur F. & Alfred E. Hill, William E. Hill & Sons, London, 1902
- How Many Strads? (1999 edition), Doring, Bein & Fushi, Bein & Fushi, Chicago, 1999 (illustrated)
- Masterpieces of the Great Violin Makers (1918 edition), Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., New York (illustrated)
- Private Archives - 10842
- The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)
- The Stradivari Memorial (1977), William Dana Orcutt, Da Capo Press, New York (illustrated)
- Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, NY (illustrated)
- W. E. Hill & Sons Photographic Archive (illustrated)