Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1722, the 'Cadiz, Willmotte'


Violin: 40527

Bearing its original label, "Antonius Stradivarius Cremonensis Faciebat Anno 1722."

Back: One-piece

Length of back: 35.8 cm

Upper bouts: 16.8 cm

Middle bouts: 10.95 cm

Lower bouts: 20.8 cm

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Notes:

Dated 1693.

Stradivarius-Guarnerius del Gesù: Catalogue descriptif de leurs instruments, Charles-Eugène Gand, Stradivarius-Guarnerius del Gesù: Catalogue descriptif de leurs instruments (Facsimile of Gand's notes from 1870-91), Spa

Provenance

1820-1860 Bernardo Darhan
Charles François Gand
until 1885 Charles Willemotte
from 1885 Caspar Gottlieb Meier
August Riechers
Mrs. Betty Schwabe
until 1905 Nolde
1905-1918 H. Kolkmeyer
1918-1922 Wilhelm Hermann Hammig
1922-1948 Rudolph Polk
1948-1997 Current owner

Known players

Jennifer Frautschi, Joseph Fuchs, Rudolph Polk

Certificates & Documents

  • Bill of sale: Rudolph Polk, Los Angeles, CA (1948) To Joseph Fuchs.
  • Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1924)
  • Letter: Alfred E. Hill, London (1924) To Rudolph Polk.

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References

  • Antonius Stradivarius (Volumes I-IV), Jost Thöne, Jan Röhrmann, Alessandra Barabaschi, Jost Thöne Verlag, Cologne, 2010 (illustrated)
  • Arts Management Group
  • Chamber Music Northwest | Expect the Extraordinary | Oregon
  • The Strad, November, 1988, London (illustrated)
  • Elective Affinities: Tributes to Antonio Stradivari by well-known players & experts
  • Private Archives - 10842
  • Stradivari, Stewart Pollens, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2010 (illustrated)
  • Stradivarius-Guarnerius del Gesù: Catalogue descriptif de leurs instruments (Facsimile of Gand's notes from 1870-91), Charles-Eugène Gand, Les Amis de la Musique, Spa
  • The Stradivarius Memorial Association
  • Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, NY (illustrated)
  • W. E. Hill & Sons Photographic Archive (illustrated)

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