Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1703, the 'Dancla'
Violin: 40713
Bearing its original label, "Antonius Stradiuarius Cremonensis Faciebat Anno 1703" (the last 3 digits are handwritten).
Back: One-piece of broad curl slanting downwards from right to left
Scroll: by Stradivari, but possibly from a later period
Ribs: of wood similar to back
Varnish: Orange-red
Length of back: 35.6 cm
Upper bouts: 16.75 cm
Middle bouts: 10.8 cm
Lower bouts: 20.7 cm
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Notes:
Dated 1721. The label had been changed to read 1710 prior to being sold to Croall in 1888.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
| Baron Roger | |
| Hilaire E. Halma | |
| in 1854 | Bernardel Frères |
| 1854-1876 | Jean Baptiste Charles Dancla |
| from 1876 | Chanot & Chardon |
| in 1878 and until 1883 | Charles Willemotte |
| from 1883 | David Laurie |
| until 1887 | Labitte |
| 1887-1888 | David Laurie |
| 1888-1906 | William Croall |
| 1906-1907 | Kirkhope |
| in 1907 | Sold by Christie's |
| from 1907 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| Richard Bennett | |
| Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons | |
| Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons | |
| Dr. Isador Berger | |
| Sold by Wurlitzer | |
| Nathan Milstein | |
| Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons | |
| Sold by Carl Mächler | |
| in 1938 | Sold by Henry Werro |
| from 1942 | Hamma & Co. |
| 1942-1959 | Sigfried Kahl |
| until 1959 | Fiez |
| in 1959 | Sold by Christie's |
| 1959-1990 | Jim Reno |
| 1990-1997 | Jack Tothstein |
| from 1997 | Landeskreditbank Baden Württemburg |
Known players
Jean Baptiste Charles Dancla, Linus Roth
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: John & Arthur Beare, London (1997)- Certificate: Carl Mächler, Zurich (1959)
- Certificate: Hamma & Co., Stuttgart (1942)
- Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1938) "[Croall] invariably played upon the 'Dancla', preferring its tonal qualities."
- Certificate: Henry Werro, Bern
- Certificate: Hieronymus Köstler, Stuttgart
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References
Antonio Stradivari and His Instruments, William Henley, Amati Publishing, Ltd., Sussex, 1961 (illustrated)- Antonius Stradivarius (Volumes I-IV), Jost Thöne, Jan Röhrmann, Alessandra Barabaschi, Jost Thöne Verlag, Cologne, 2010 (illustrated)
- Die L-Bank Instrumentensammlung, Landeskreditbank Baden-Württemberg, Karlsruhe (illustrated)
- Four Centuries of Violin Making: Fine Instruments from the Sotheby's Archive, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, Boston (illustrated)
- How Many Strads? (1999 edition), Doring, Bein & Fushi, Bein & Fushi, Chicago, 1999
- Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, November 22, 1990, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)
- Sotheby's Photo Archive
StN.de - Nachrichten aus Stuttgart und der Region - Stuttgarter Nachrichten- 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 Strad, May, 1959, London (illustrated)
- The Strad 2001 Calendar, Orpheus Publications, London (illustrated)