Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1683, the 'Cobbett, Holloway'

Violin: 40650

FIT TO SCREEN FULL SIZE

Bearing its original label.

Back: One-piece

Length of back: 35.7 cm

Upper bouts: 17 cm

Middle bouts: 11.4 cm

Lower bouts: 21 cm

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Notes:

The "Cobbett" is made on a grand pattern with measurements that are very similar to large-form instruments made during his golden period (generally thought of as the years after 1700). The violin is illustrated in Herbert Goodkind's Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari and also in our recently updated and revised edition of How Many Strads? Our Legacy from the Master by Ernest Doring.

The material for the back and ribs is from a lively figured quarter-cut maple log used quite often by the maker during the period. The "Cobbett" is covered with a lustrous golden varnish of incomparable quality. The tone is vibrant and silky with tremendous carrying power.

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Provenance

from 1900	Walter Wilson Cobbett
until 1908	Robert Augustus Bower
from 1908	August Herrmann
in 1920	Sold by Emil Herrmann, Berlin
from 1920	Helen Teschner Tas
in 2009	Current owner

Known players

Chun-Wen Huang, Helen Teschner

Certificates & Documents

Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London
Certificate: Emil Herrmann, New York, New York, NY

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References

Bein & Fushi 2004 Calendar, Bein & Fushi, Inc, Bein & Fushi, Chicago (illustrated)
Bein & Fushi Catalog, No. 15 (2002), Bein & Fushi, Inc, Bein & Fushi, Chicago (illustrated)
Fine Stringed Instruments Exhibition, Hong Kong, October 21-28, 2006
How Many Strads? (1999 edition), Doring, Bein & Fushi, Bein & Fushi, Chicago, 1999 (illustrated)
Private Archives - 10746
The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)
The Stradivarius Memorial Association
Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, NY (illustrated)