Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1721, the 'Lelong, Cobbett, Suk'
Violin: 40518
Bearing its original label, "Antonius Stradivarius Cremonensis / Faciebat Anno 1721."
Back: Two-piece of small medium curl
Top: of pine of narrow grain
Scroll: almost plain
Ribs: of slightly smaller curl
Varnish: Orange-red
Length of back: 35.7 cm
Upper bouts: 16.8 cm
Middle bouts: 11.05 cm
Lower bouts: 20.75 cm
Notes:
Gives the length as 36.2 mm.Sale Book, 1870-1936, The Jacques Francais Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Caressa & Francais Notebook (c1900 - 1936), part of the Jacques Francais Collection at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
Provenance
| in 1850 | Mr. Morris |
| ... | ... |
| in 1870 | Mr. Young |
| Lelong | |
| Mrs. Liddle | |
| until 1904 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| 1904-1917 | Walter Wilson Cobbett |
| from 1921 | Mrs. Gifford C. Conway |
| in 1925 | Carl C. Conway |
| until 1956 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| from 1956 | Professor Otto Lutz |
| in 1978 | Current owner |
Known players
Albert Edward Sammons
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Jacques Français, New York, NY (1983)- Certificate: Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., New York, NY (1927)
- Certificate: Hawkes & Son, London (1920)
- Receipt: Hawkes & Son, London (1920)
- Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1920)
Letter: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1920)
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References
- An Encyclopedia of the Violin (1925), Alberto Bachman, The Library Press Limited, London
Antonius Stradivarius (Volumes I-IV), Jost Thöne, Jan Röhrmann, Alessandra Barabaschi, Jost Thöne Verlag, Cologne, 2010 (illustrated)- Royal Albert
- Caressa & Francais Notebook (c1900 - 1936), part of the Jacques Francais Collection at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
- Sotheby Parke Bernet Fine Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, April 11, 1978, New York, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, New York (illustrated)
- Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, NY (illustrated)