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)