Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1718, the 'Graf von der Goltz'

Violin: 41421

FIT TO SCREEN FULL SIZE

Labeled, "Antonius Stradivarius Cremonensis faciebat Anno 1718."

Back: Two-piece of medium curl desending from the joint

Top: of medium to fine grain at the center, opening out towards the flanks

Scroll: of small fainter curl

Ribs: of slightly fainter medium curl

Varnish: Reddish-brown

Length of back: 35.5 cm

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Notes:

Goodkind lists this instrument twice, as the 'von der Goltz' p.493 and the 'Glasl' p.502

The Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Larchmont, NY

Provenance

	Walter Leonard
	Jo Juda
in c. 1958	Sold by Hermann Glassl
c. 1958-1962	Professor Conrad von der Goltz
in 1961	Henry Werro
...	...
in 1978	Sold by Sotheby's

Ferenc Kiss, Jo Juda, Professor Conrad von der Goltz

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Antonio Stradivari and His Instruments, William Henley, Amati Publishing, Ltd., Sussex, 1961
Correspondence with Thijs Kramer, January, 2005
Sotheby's Important Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, June 22, 1978, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)
The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)
Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, NY (illustrated)