Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1710, the 'Vieuxtemps'
Violin: 41359
Back: One-piece of broad curl
Varnish: Brilliant red
Length of back: 35.7 cm
Upper bouts: 16.8 cm
Lower bouts: 21.0 cm
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Notes:
"The 1710 Vieuxtemps Stradivari was pictured in a 1901 Fridolin Hamma catalogue right around the time when the violin was sold to the estate from which we acquired it."Darnton & Hersh Fine Violins | Chicago Violin Sales and Restoration
Provenance
| Count Strogonoff | |
| in 1870 | Sold by Henri Vieuxtemps |
| ... | ... |
| 1884-1889 | Duc de Camposelice |
| 1889-1891 | Isabella Eugenia, Duchess of Camposelice |
| from 1891 | Percy Woodgate |
| Sold by Hart & Son | |
| until 1900 | Hamma & Co. |
| from 1900 | Current owner |
References
Alte Geigen (Hamma, 1898), Hamma & Co., Stuttgart (illustrated)- Antonio Stradivari: His Life & Work (1644-1737), W. Henry, Arthur F. & Alfred E. Hill, William E. Hill & Sons, London, 1902
Darnton & Hersh Fine Violins | Chicago Violin Sales and Restoration- Vieuxtemp’s Violins, Cozio Carteggio feature, Tully Potter, Feb 2020
- W. E. Hill & Sons Photographic Archive (illustrated)