Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1698, the 'Theonville'
Violin: 41269
Bearing its original label.
Back: One-piece showing excellent figure slanting downwards from left
Length of back: 35.55 cm
Upper bouts: 16.75 cm
Middle bouts: 10.75 cm
Lower bouts: 20.7 cm
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Provenance
| in 1800 | Sir Rowland Watkin Wynn |
| John Betts | |
| W. Levine | |
| John Betts | |
| Rev. L. Andrewes | |
| until 1905 | Andrewes family |
| 1905-1916 | Charles Fletcher |
| 1916-1934 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| from 1934 and in 1937 | Signor Guglielmo Théonville |
| until 1957 | Dr. Georg-Eduard Heberlein |
| 1957-1963 | Dr. Emil Eduard Heberlein |
| from 1963 | Dr. Ulrich Hermann Heberlein |
| until 1974 | Max Möller & Son |
| from 1974 | Current owner |
Known players
Theo Olof
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1934) "[The scroll] . . . was probably made by the maker a few years prior to the body."- Letter: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1934)
Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1934) "[The scroll] . . . was probably made by the maker a few years prior to the body."
Letter: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1934)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
Antonio Stradivari in Japan, Shinichi Yokoyama, Gakken, Tokyo (illustrated)- Antonius Stradivarius (Volumes I-IV), Jost Thöne, Jan Röhrmann, Alessandra Barabaschi, Jost Thöne Verlag, Cologne, 2010 (illustrated)
- Correspondence with Thijs Kramer, January, 2005
- How Many Strads? (1999 edition), Doring, Bein & Fushi, Bein & Fushi, Chicago, 1999
- L'Esposizione di Liuteria Antica a Cremona nel 1937, Comitato Stradivariano, Cremona (illustrated)
- Mostra di Antonio Stradivari (Palazzo Borromeo - Isola Bella), Turris Editrice, Cremona (illustrated)
- Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, NY (illustrated)
- We Love Stradivari, NHK (illustrated)
Antonio Stradivari in Japan, Shinichi Yokoyama, Gakken, Tokyo (illustrated)
