Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1708, the 'Empress Caterina'
Violin: 41340
Bearing its original label, "Antonius Stradivarius Cremonensis, Faciebat Anno 1708."
Learn more about the instrument's history and provenance.
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: 35.5 cm
Upper bouts: 16.7 cm
Middle bouts: 10.75 cm
Lower bouts: 20.7 cm
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Provenance
| Czarina Elizabeth Petrovna | |
| Empress Caterina of Russia | |
| Adrian Moïsevitch Gribovsky | |
| Ernest-Andre Salzard | |
| Count Dewer | |
| M. M. Zohernoff | |
| Victor Michailavich Freloff | |
| until 1898 | Nicholas Frederich Kracht |
| in 1899 | Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons |
| 1899-1910 | Mrs. Arthur Kendall Stothert |
| in 1910 | Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons |
| from 1910 | Henri Belville |
| in 1917 | Sold by Silvestre & Maucotel |
| in 1917 | Julio de Ygartua |
| from 1919 | Prosper Maurel |
| in 1921 | Sold by Caressa & Français |
| 1921-1945 | Professor Leo Guetta |
| 1945-1951 | Peggy Guetta Finzi |
| until 1952 | William Moennig & Son |
| 1953-1971 | Dr. Jacob Gershon-Cohen |
| 1971-1982 | Dr Herbert R. Axelrod |
| from 1982 | Anonymous |
| until 2023 | Anonymous |
| in 2023 | Sold by Tarisio |
| from 2023 | Current owner |
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Tarisio, New York, NY (2023)- 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)
- Certificate: Silvestre & Maucotel, Paris (1917)
- Dendrochronology report: Peter Ratcliff, London A dendrochronology examination dated the latest annual rings for the treble and bass sides of the top to 1700 and 1702 respectively. Significant cross matches were found with the 1713 ‘Rothschild-Kux’, 1719 ‘Rappoldi’, 1718 ‘Szekely’, 1715 ‘Alard’, 1714 ‘ex-Joachim’, 1712 ‘Hrimaly’, 1716 ‘Baron Wittgenstein’ and others. Printed report available for purchase upon request.
Certificate: Tarisio, New York, NY (2023)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
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)
Antonius Stradivarius (Volumes I-IV), Jost Thöne, Jan Röhrmann, Alessandra Barabaschi, Jost Thöne Verlag, Cologne, 2010 (illustrated)
