Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1718, the 'Arnold Rosé, Viotti'
Violin: 41480
Bearing its original label, "Antonius Stradivarius Cremonensis Faciebat Anno 1718."
Back: Two-piece
Length of back: 35.55 cm
Upper bouts: 16.6 cm
Middle bouts: 10.8 cm
Lower bouts: 20.65 cm
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Notes:
Named 'Mysa' by Arnold Rosé when it was presented to him by a group of admirers led by Countess Mysa Wydenbruck Esterhazy as a gift for his 50th birthday in October 1913.Provenance
| Giovanni Battista Viotti | |
| until 1912 | Hamma & Co. |
| 1913-1945 | Arnold Josef Rosé |
| until 1947 | Emil Herrmann, New York |
| 1947-1958 | Louis E. Brooks |
| L. E. Cooper | |
| in 1975 | Robert Mann |
| ... | ... |
| in 1986 | Nicholas Mann |
| until 1991 | Jacques Français |
| from 1991 | Japanese Bank |
| in 2010 | Oesterreichische Nationalbank |
Known players
Alma Rosé, Anne Akiko Meyers, Giovanni Battista Viotti, Nicholas Mann, Robert Mann
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Machold Rare Violins, Ltd, Vienna (2003)- Certificate: Jacques Français, New York, NY (1991) #3085.
- Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1962)
- Certificate: Emil Herrmann, New York, New York, NY (1949)
- Certificate: Hamma & Co., Stuttgart (1914)
- Certificate: Wurlitzer, New York, NY
Certificate: Machold Rare Violins, Ltd, Vienna (2003)Cozio holds copies of many certificates and other documents, some of which are available to view on request. Please contact us if you wish to view a particular document. (Note that we do not always have permission to share documents.)
References
36 Famous Italian Violins, Alex Wasinski, Herman Gordon, New York (illustrated)- 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
- Private Papers
- Quartet of Decades
- The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)
- The last flowering of old Vienna
- Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, NY (illustrated)
36 Famous Italian Violins, Alex Wasinski, Herman Gordon, New York (illustrated)
