Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1711, the 'Antonius'
Violin: 40522
Back: Two-piece of even small figure
Varnish: Orange-brown
Length of back: 35.5 cm
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Notes:
"[This instrument] has always had two dates that have been associated with it 1717 and 1721 and that has caused some great confusion. Recently, we were able to get some really good photographs with the label being seen under ultraviolet light, and have been able to discover that the date is actually 1711. That is the new date we are using in all of our material and we have shared the photographs with others in the field that agree with this new assessment."Correspondence with Jayson Dobney
Provenance
| until 1905 | Wilhelm Hermann Hammig |
| in 1909 | Felix Berber |
| - | Ann Matthews |
| in 1925 | Annie Bolton Mathews Bryant |
| ... | ... |
| in 2004 | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
References
Violins & Violinists, September-October, 1954, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago (illustrated)- An Encyclopedia of the Violin (1925), Alberto Bachman, The Library Press Limited, London
- Correspondence with Jayson Dobney, November, 2010
- Journal of the Violin Society of America, Vol. IV, No. 1, Laurence Libin, The Violin Society of America, Lancaster, PA (illustrated)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art – "The Antonius" Violin,1711