Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1684, the 'Webbs'
Violin: 40745
Back: One-piece
Length of back: 35.5 cm
Upper bouts: 16.8 cm
Middle bouts: 10.95 cm
Lower bouts: 20.65 cm
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Provenance
| until 1910 | Ernst Kessler |
| from 1910 | Otto Unger |
| 1911-1917 | Emil Herrmann, Berlin |
| ... | ... |
| from 1917 and in 1937 | Fritz Reuther |
| ... | ... |
| from 1970 | Unknown |
| in 1984 | Current owner |
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Jacques Français, New York, NY (1970) #879.- Certificate: Emil Herrmann, New York, New York, NY
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References
Antonio Stradivari in Japan, Shinichi Yokoyama, Gakken, Tokyo (illustrated)- How Many Strads? (1999 edition), Doring, Bein & Fushi, Bein & Fushi, Chicago, 1999
- Italian Violin Makers (1964), Karel Jalovec, Paul Hamlyn, London, 1964 (illustrated)
- Italienische Geigenbauer (1957), Karel Jalovec, Artia, Prague, 1957 (illustrated)
- Ars Musica, Aloys Greither, Bayer AG, Heft 10 (illustrated)
- L'Esposizione di Liuteria Antica a Cremona nel 1937, Comitato Stradivariano, Cremona (illustrated)
- Meisterwerke Italienischer Geigenbaukunst, Fridolin Hamma, Hamma & Co., Stuttgart (illustrated)
- The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)
- Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, NY (illustrated)