Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1716, the 'Cessole'
Violin: 41398
Back: Two-piece
Varnish: Plum-red, half worn away on back in a sort of triangular form
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Provenance
| until 1841 | Dauries |
| 1841 - 1845 | Alexandre Joseph Artôt |
| from 1845 | Count Eugène Joseph Cessole |
| in 1858 | M. Jansen |
| - | Sold by David Laurie |
| 1870 - 1871 | Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume |
| 1871 - 1906 | William Croall |
| from 1906 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| - | D. T. Brown |
| until 1929 | Richard Bennett |
| until 1927 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| 1927 - 1944 | J. Frank Otwell |
| until 1944 | Emil Herrmann, New York |
| 1944 - 1965 | Henry Hottinger |
| from 1965 | Rembert Wurlitzer Inc. |
| until 1972 | Harry A. Duffy |
| from 1972 | Unknown |
| in 1988 | Current owner |
Known players
Sascha Jacobsen, Young-Uck Kim
References
- Antonio Stradivari: His Life & Work (1644-1737), W. Henry, Arthur F. & Alfred E. Hill, William E. Hill & Sons, London, 1902
The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)- Henry Hottinger Collection (illustrated)
- How Many Strads? (1999 edition), Doring, Bein & Fushi, Bein & Fushi, Chicago, 1999 (illustrated)
- Violins & Violinists, Spring, 1940, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago (illustrated)
- Prodigy Matured
- Reminiscences of a Fiddle Dealer, David Laurie, T. Werner Laurie, Ltd., London (illustrated)
- The 'Secrets' of Stradivari, Simone Fernando Sacconi, Eric Blot Edizioni, Cremona (illustrated)
- The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)
- The Stradivari Memorial (1977), William Dana Orcutt, Da Capo Press, New York (illustrated)
- Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, NY (illustrated)