Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1685, the 'Florentiner, Jean Becker'
Violin: 40750
Back: One-piece cut on the slab
Varnish: Golden-orange
Length of back: 35.5 cm
Upper bouts: 16.6 cm
Middle bouts: 11.1 cm
Lower bouts: 21.6 cm
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Notes:
Hamma identifies this instrument as the "Florentiner" and ascribes the date to 1684.Meisterwerke Italienischer Geigenbaukunst (First Edition), Fridolin Hamma, Meisterwerke Italienischer Geigenbaukunst, Stuttgart
Provenance
| Jean Becker | |
| from 1865 | Alfred E. Hill |
| until 1884 | Hamma & Co. |
| from 1884 | Dr Geissmar & Family |
| until 1905 | August Herrmann |
| from 1905 | Baron de Crano |
| from 1912 | Willy Burmester |
| until 1918 | Hamma & Co. |
| from 1918 | Dr. Joseph Bauer |
| from 1929 | Erich Lachmann |
| until 1930 | Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. |
| from 1930 | Ruth Breton |
| in 1933 | Sold by Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. |
| from 1933 | Richard G. Knott |
| in 1945 | Sold by Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. |
| from 1945 | Mrs. Jeannette Bry |
| from 1985 | Current owner |
Known players
Herbert Greenberg, Jean Becker, Ruth Breton
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1931)- Certificate: Hamma & Co., Stuttgart Notes that the figures on the label are indistinct.
- Certificate: Morel & Gradoux-Matt, New York, NY
- Certificate: Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., Cincinnati, OH
Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1931)Cozio holds copies of many certificates and other documents, some of which are available to view on request. Please contact us if you wish to view a particular document. (Note that we do not always have permission to share documents.)
References
Columbia Orchestra- How Many Strads? (1999 edition), Doring, Bein & Fushi, Bein & Fushi, Chicago, 1999 (illustrated)
- Meisterwerke Italienischer Geigenbaukunst, Fridolin Hamma, Hamma & Co., Stuttgart (illustrated)
- Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, NY (illustrated)
How Many Strads? (1999 edition), Doring, Bein & Fushi, Bein & Fushi, Chicago, 1999 (illustrated)
