Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1698, the 'St. Senoch, Murray'
Cello: 41456
Back: Two-piece
Varnish: Light red
Length of back: 73.2 cm
Upper bouts: 34.05 cm
Middle bouts: 22.9 cm
Lower bouts: 43.1 cm
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Notes:
The Hills list the date of this instrument as 1696.Antonio Stradivarius: His Life & Work, W. Henry, Arthur F. & Alfred E. Hill, W. Henry, Arthur F. & Alfred E. Hill, Antonio Stradivari: His Life & Work (1644-1737), London
This instrument has been reduced in size.
L'Esposizione di Liuteria Antica a Cremona nel 1937, L'Esposizione di Liuteria Antica a Cremona nel 1937, Cremona
Dated 1696.
Stradivarius-Guarnerius del Gesù: Catalogue descriptif de leurs instruments, Charles-Eugène Gand, Stradivarius-Guarnerius del Gesù: Catalogue descriptif de leurs instruments (Facsimile of Gand's notes from 1870-91), Spa
Provenance
| Charles Willemotte | |
| in c. 1850 | Niklaus Ferder Kittel |
| from 1850 | Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume |
| c. 1865-c. 1875 | Nikolai Aleksandrovich Galler |
| in 1876 and until 1877 | David Laurie |
| from 1877 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| in 1885 | Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons |
| in 1885 | Sold by David Laurie |
| 1885-1886 | Marquis de St. Senoch |
| in 1886 | Sold by Hôtel Drouot |
| from 1886 | Damien |
| in 1890 and until 1928 | Captain H. S. Murray |
| ... | ... |
| 1928-1930 | Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. |
| until 1930 | Hamma & Co. |
| ... | ... |
| from 1930 and in 1937 | Fritz Reuther |
| until 1981 | John & Arthur Beare |
| from 1981 | Heinrich Schiff |
| until 1995 | Michael Flaxman |
| 1995-1997 | Claude Lebet and Pascal Nicod |
| from 1997 | Current owner |
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Étienne Vatelot, Paris (1983)- Certificate: Hamma & Co., Stuttgart (1930)
- Certificate: Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., Cincinnati, OH (1930)
- Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1928)
- Certificate: Hart & Son, London (1910)
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References
- Antonio Stradivari: His Life & Work (1644-1737), W. Henry, Arthur F. & Alfred E. Hill, William E. Hill & Sons, London, 1902
Antonius Stradivarius (Volumes I-IV), Jost Thöne, Jan Röhrmann, Alessandra Barabaschi, Jost Thöne Verlag, Cologne, 2010 (illustrated)- How Many Strads? (1999 edition), Doring, Bein & Fushi, Bein & Fushi, Chicago, 1999 (illustrated)
- I violoncelli di Antonio Stradivari, Bruce Carlson, Conzorzio Liutai Antonio Stradivari, Cremona (illustrated)
- Italian Violin Makers (1964), Karel Jalovec, Paul Hamlyn, London, 1964 (illustrated)
- L'Esposizione di Liuteria Antica a Cremona nel 1937, Comitato Stradivariano, Cremona (illustrated)
- L'Age d'Or du Violon, Spa, Les Amis de la Musique (illustrated)
- Meisterwerke Italienischer Geigenbaukunst, Fridolin Hamma, Hamma & Co., Stuttgart (illustrated)
- Private Archives - 10072
- Private Archives - 10842
- Stradivarius-Guarnerius del Gesù: Catalogue descriptif de leurs instruments (Facsimile of Gand's notes from 1870-91), Charles-Eugène Gand, Les Amis de la Musique, Spa
- The Strad, December, 2003, Carlo Chiesa, Newsquest Specialist Media, London
- Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, NY (illustrated)