Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1715, the 'Baron Knoop, Bevan'
Violin: 41471
Back: Two-piece
Varnish: Rose tint
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Notes:
Rembert Wurlitzer christened the instrument the "Baron Knoop" because it was, according to Alfred Hill, the Baron's favorite violin.The Miracle Makers, The Miracle Makers, Chicago
Provenance
| Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons | |
| Rembert Wurlitzer Inc. | |
| Rony Rogoff | |
| J. E. Greiner | |
| in 1870 and until 1881 | Oeschner |
| ... | ... |
| in 1881 | Gand & Bernardel, Freres |
| from 1881 | Caspar Gottlieb Meier |
| until 1910 | Baron Johann Knoop |
| in 1910 | Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons |
| from 1910 | F. L. Bevan |
| until 1914 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| from 1914 | Richard Bennett |
| until 1944 | Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. |
| from 1944 | J. Frank Otwell |
| in 1954 | Rembert Wurlitzer Inc. |
| 1954-1978 | Raymond Cerf |
| ... | ... |
| from 1992 | Current owner |
References
How Many Strads? (1999 edition), Doring, Bein & Fushi, Bein & Fushi, Chicago, 1999 (illustrated)- The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)
- The Miracle Makers, Bein & Fushi, Chicago (illustrated)
- Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, NY (illustrated)
- W. E. Hill & Sons Photographic Archive (illustrated)