Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1697, the 'Montbel'
Violin: 41321
Bearing its original label, "Antonius Stradivarius Cremonensis Faciebat Anno 1703."
Back: One-piece with flames descending from right to left; several knots in lower right
Length of back: 35.4 cm
Upper bouts: 16.15 cm
Middle bouts: 10.5 cm
Lower bouts: 20.1 cm
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Notes:
Despite the original label listing 1703 as the date, most experts believe the real year of construction was 1697/98 based on the narrow model used.Die L-Bank Instrumentensammlung, Die L-Bank Instrumentensammlung, Karlsruhe
"A peculiar feature found on the back is a series of irregular sap marks that, like a swarm of bees attracted by the sugary varnish, have populated the bottom corner on the right hand side, providing the instrument with a distinguishing mark." – Alessandra Barabaschi
Antonius Stradivarius (Volumes I-IV), Jost Thöne, Jan Röhrmann, Alessandra Barabaschi, Jost Thöne, Jan Röhrmann, Alessandra Barabaschi, Antonius Stradivarius (Volumes I-IV), Cologne
Provenance
| in 1872 | M. Quantinet |
| ... | ... |
| from 1883 | M. Hohuette |
| in 1913 | Rene Court |
| Sold by Ernst Kessler | |
| Max Steinthal | |
| in 1925 | Sold by Erich Lachmann |
| from 1925 | Hamma & Co. |
| Harry Wahl | |
| in 1927 | Sold by Hug & Co. |
| in 1929 | Dr. M. Weidlich |
| until c. 1937 | Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. |
| ... | ... |
| in 1988 | Sold by Hieronymus Köstler |
| from 1988 | Landeskreditbank Baden Württemburg |
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1955) "We have examined the Stradivari violin submitted bearing the date 1703, which we consider a thoroughly authentic example and typical of the period 1700, though we ourselves would attribute it to a few years earlier, 1697-98."- Certificate: Hamma & Co., Stuttgart
- Certificate: Hieronymus Köstler, Stuttgart
- Certificate: Eugen Tenucci, Zurich
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References
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)
- Harry Wahl's Violins, Maija-Stiina Roine, Cozio Publishing, Boston (illustrated)
- How Many Strads? (1999 edition), Doring, Bein & Fushi, Bein & Fushi, Chicago, 1999
- 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)
- Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, NY (illustrated)
- Violine von Antonius Stradivarius, Cremona, 1703, Montbel-Strad, Hug & Co., Zurich (illustrated)