Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1723, the 'Spanish, Partello, Cadiz'
Violin: 40529
Back: Two-piece of richly figured material
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Notes:
An inscription above the label states that in the 1880s the instrument was owned by the Governor General of Cadiz.How Many Strads?, Doring, Bein & Fushi, Doring, Bein & Fushi, How Many Strads? (1999 edition), Chicago
Provenance
| - | Governor General of Cadiz |
| - | Duke of Cambridge |
| - | Duke of Edinburgh |
| until 1895 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| 1895 - 1920 | Dwight J. Partello |
| in 1924 | Sold by Lyon & Healy |
| - | Thomas C. Petersen |
| until 1926 | Emil Herrmann, New York |
| 1926 - 1937 | Felix M. Warburg |
| from 1937 | Current owner |
Known players
Alfred Pochon, Arnold Steinhardt, Bernard Robbins, Itzhak Perlman, Jennifer Frautschi
References
- An Encyclopedia of the Violin (1925), Alberto Bachman, The Library Press Limited, London
How Many Strads? (1999 edition), Doring, Bein & Fushi, Bein & Fushi, Chicago, 1999 (illustrated)- Violins & Violinists, Summer, 1941, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago (illustrated)
Jennifer Frautschi website- L'Esposizione di Liuteria Antica a Cremona nel 1937, Comitato Stradivariano, Cremona (illustrated)
- Lyon & Healy Rare Old Violins, Violas & Violoncellos (August, 1924), Lyon & Healy, Chicago (illustrated)
- Emil Herrmann Rare Violins (Meistergeigen) 1927-28, Emil Herrmann, New York (illustrated)
- Rare Violins in the Possession of Emil Herrmann: 1926-7, Emil Herrmann, Berlin (illustrated)
- The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)
- The Stradivari Memorial (1977), William Dana Orcutt, Da Capo Press, New York (illustrated)
- Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, NY (illustrated)
- The Way They Play
- The Strad, October, 2000, Roger Hargrave, Orpheus, London (illustrated)
- Violin Dreams
- Wolfe Wolfinsohn: An Interview with Albert Mell