Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1718, the 'Maurin'
Violin: 40507
Back: Two-piece
Varnish: Orange-brown
Length of back: 35.45 cm
Upper bouts: 16.7 cm
Middle bouts: 11 cm
Lower bouts: 20.5 cm
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Provenance
| Count de Chaponay | |
| Luigi Tarisio | |
| Romheause | |
| in 1817 | Alexander Boucher |
| until 1883 | Jean Pierre Maurin |
| 1883-1906 | John Rutson |
| from 1906 | Royal Academy of Music, London |
Known players
Fred Grinke, Howard Davis, Jean Pierre Maurin, Peter Cropper
Certificates & Documents
- Dendrochronology report: John C. Topham, Surrey (2000) Dating the youngest tree ring to 1709.
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References
Antonio Stradivari - Catalogue of the 2008 Exhibit in Montpelier, Peter Biddulph, Frédéric Chaudière & John Dilworth, Musée Fabre / Actes Sud, Montpelier (illustrated)- Antonio Stradivari: His Life & Work (1644-1737), W. Henry, Arthur F. & Alfred E. Hill, William E. Hill & Sons, London, 1902
- I Capolavori Cremonesi della Royal Academy of Music, Consorzio Liutai Antonio Stradivari, Cremona (illustrated)
- Masterpieces of Italian Violin Making, David Rattray, Outline Press, London (illustrated)
Museum & Collections - What’s on - Royal Academy of Music- Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, NY (illustrated)
- W. E. Hill & Sons Photographic Archive (illustrated)