Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1702, the 'Conte de Fontana, Peterlongo, Oistrakh'
Violin: 40706
Bearing its original label, "Antonius Stradivarius Cremonensis / Faciebat anno 1702."
Back: One-piece of faint narrow curl
Top: one-piece of fine to very fine grain on the treble side, wider on the bass side
Scroll: plain
Ribs: of more prominent curl
Length of back: 35.45 cm
Upper bouts: 16.75 cm
Middle bouts: 10.8 cm
Lower bouts: 20.65 cm
Notes:
Although dated 1702, the instrument resembles those made in 1690.Capolavori di Antonio Stradivari, Charles Beare, Charles Beare, Capolavori di Antonio Stradivari, Milan
Provenance
| - | Paolo Ferrari |
| - | Sold by Leandro Bisiach |
| - | Count de Fontana |
| - | Fondazione Pro Canale - Milano |
| until 1905 | Comtesse Fontana |
| from 1905 | Camillo Foltzer |
| until 1955 | Étienne Vatelot |
| 1955 - 1966 | David Oistrakh |
| ... | ... |
| in 1987 | Current owner |
Known players
David Oistrakh, Franco Gulli, Mariana Sirbu, Massimo Quarta
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London- Certificate: Étienne Vatelot, Paris
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References
Triennale internazionale degli strumenti ad arco, Cremona (illustrated)- Alte Meistergeigen: Band III und IV, Die Cremoneser Schule / Antonius Stradivarius, Verband Schweizerischer Geigenbaumeister, Verlag Edwin Bochinsky, Frankfurt am Main (illustrated)
- Antonius Stradivarius (Volumes I-IV), Jost Thöne, Jan Röhrmann, Alessandra Barabaschi, Jost Thöne Verlag, Cologne, 2010 (illustrated)
- Capolavori di Antonio Stradivari, Charles Beare, Arnoldo Mondadori S.p.A., Milan (illustrated)
- Correspondence with Massimo Quarta, April, 2007
- David Oistrakh: Heart ofthe Matter
- Patronage and investment in fine musical instruments, Fondazione Pro Canale, Milan (illustrated)
- Strumenti ad Arco, Paolo Peterlongo, Edizioni Siei, Milan (illustrated)
- The 'Secrets' of Stradivari, Simone Fernando Sacconi, Eric Blot Edizioni, Cremona (illustrated)
- Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, NY (illustrated)
- The Violin Of David Oistrakh 'Stradivari Conte De Fontana 1702'
- The Violin: Its physical and acoustic principles, Paolo Peterlongo, Paul Elek, London (illustrated)
- W. E. Hill & Sons Photographic Archive (illustrated)