Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1685, the 'MacKenzie, Castelbarco'


Violin: 40756

Bearing its original label, "Antonis Stradiuarius Cremonensis / Faciebat Anno 1685."

Back: One-piece cut on the slab

Top: of prominent grain

Scroll: plain

Ribs: of wood of faint curl

Varnish: Golden-brown

Length of back: 35.6 cm

Upper bouts: 16.2 cm

Lower bouts: 20.3 cm

There are 4 additional images in the archive which are not available publicly. Please contact us for more information.

Provenance

until 1862 Count Cesare Pompeo Castelbarco
in 1862 Sold by Puttick & Simpson
from 1862 Alfredo Piatti
until 1882 W. E. Hill & Sons
... ...
from 1882 and in 1902 Lewis Mackenzie
until 1908 W. E. Hill & Sons
from 1908 and in 1909 R. Humphrey Haslam
... ...
from 1920 Hamma & Co.
1929-1949 Nathan E. Posner
1949-1954 Raymond Cerf
in 1954 Sold by Rembert Wurlitzer Inc.
1954-1960 Dr David Young
in 1960 Sold by Rembert Wurlitzer Inc.
1960-1976 Dr. Frederick Apfelbaum
in 1976 Sold by Sotheby Parke Bernet
1981-2001 Elsie McKenzie Taylor Lard
from 2001 Current owner

Known players

Swang Lin

Certificates & Documents

  • Certificate: Jacques Français, New York, NY (1976)
  • Certificate: Rembert Wurlitzer Inc., New York, NY (1960)
  • Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1908) States the instrument is from 1685, not 1687 as Hills had written in the first edition of their book.

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References

  • Antonio Stradivari: His Life & Work (1644-1737), W. Henry, Arthur F. & Alfred E. Hill, William E. Hill & Sons, London, 1902
  • Fort Worth Symphony Acquires Second Stradivari Violin | FrontRow
  • How Many Strads? (1999 edition), Doring, Bein & Fushi, Bein & Fushi, Chicago, 1999 (illustrated)
  • Italian Violin Makers (1964), Karel Jalovec, Paul Hamlyn, London, 1964 (illustrated)
  • Meister Italienischer Geigenbaukunst (8th Edition), Hamma & Co., Florian Noetzel Verlag, Wilhelmshaven (illustrated)
  • Meisterwerke Italienischer Geigenbaukunst, Fridolin Hamma, Hamma & Co., Stuttgart (illustrated)
  • Private Archives - 10746
  • Sotheby Parke Bernet Important Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, October 29, 1976, New York, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, New York (illustrated)
  • The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)
  • The Strad, March, 1982, Daniel Draley, London (illustrated)
  • Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, NY (illustrated)

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