Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1708, the 'Empress Caterina, Salzard'
Violin: 41340
Bearing its original label, "Antonius Stradivarius Cremonensis, Faciebat Anno 1708."
Back: in one piece of quarter cut maple with medium-width flame descending from the treble bouts.
Top: in two pieces of spruce with narrow-width grain broadening toward the edges.
Ribs: and head of similar wood.
Varnish: of a reddish golden orange-brown color.
Length of back: 35.6 cm
Upper bouts: 16.7 cm
Middle bouts: 10.75 cm
Lower bouts: 20.7 cm
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Notes:
This instrument was ordered by Elizabeth Petrovna (1709-62), daughter of Peter the Great, who became Empress in 1741. She presented the violin to her secretary Gribersky.How Many Strads?, Doring, Bein & Fushi, Doring, Bein & Fushi, How Many Strads? (1999 edition), Chicago
Provenance
| - | Czarina Elizabeth Petrovna |
| - | Empress Caterina of Russia |
| - | Anonymous |
| - | Gribersky |
| - | Ernest-Andre Salzard |
| - | Count Dewer |
| - | M. M. Zohernoff |
| - | Victor Michailavich Freloff |
| - | Nicholas Frederich Kracht |
| - | Stothbert |
| until 1917 | Silvestre & Maucotel |
| in 1917 | José de Ygartua |
| in 1917 | Prosper Maurel |
| in 1921 | Sold by Caressa & Français |
| ... | ... |
| in 1937 | Professor Leo Guetta |
| in 1926 | Anonymous |
| ... | ... |
| in 1951 | Guetta Family |
| until 1952 | William Moennig & Son |
| 1953 - 1971 | Dr. J. Gershon-Cohen |
| 1971 - 1982 | Dr Herbert R. Axelrod |
| in 1982 | Dietmar Machold |
| from 1982 | Anonymous |
| - | Current owner |
Known players
Elmar Oliveira
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: William Moennig & Son, Philadelphia, PA (1952)- Certificate: Rembert Wurlitzer Inc., New York, NY (1951)
- Certificate: Pierre Vidoudez, Geneva (1946)
- Certificate: Caressa & Français, Paris (1921)
Letter: Silvestre & Maucotel, Paris (1917)
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References
Antonius Stradivarius (Volumes I-IV), Jost Thöne, Jan Röhrmann, Alessandra Barabaschi, Jost Thöne Verlag, Cologne, 2010 (illustrated)- Evelyn & Herbert Axelrod Stringed Instrument Collection, Herbert Axelrod (illustrated)
- 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)
- Private Archives - 10746
- Private Papers
- Caressa & Francais Notebook (c1900 - 1936), part of the Jacques Francais Collection at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
- The Way They Play: Book 2, Samuel and Sada Applebaum, Paganinianana Publications, Neptune City, NJ (illustrated)