Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1719, the 'Monasterio'
Violin: 41486
Bearing its original label.
Back: One-piece
Length of back: 35.4 cm
Upper bouts: 16.3 cm
Middle bouts: 11 cm
Lower bouts: 20.2 cm
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Notes:
States that the label is original and dated 1708.Sale Book, 1870-1936, The Jacques Francais Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Caressa & Francais Notebook (c1900 - 1936), part of the Jacques Francais Collection at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
Emil Herrmann notes: "Erstklassig."
The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Washington, DC
Provenance
| Grand Duke of San Lorenzo (third), Lorenzo Fernández de Villavicencio Cañas y Portocarrero | |
| Jesus de Monasterio | |
| Sold by Caressa & Français | |
| David D. Walton | |
| 1911-1912 | Hamma & Co. |
| from 1913 | George Hart |
| in 1945 and until 1951 | Emil Herrmann, New York |
| ... | ... |
| from 1951 | Alexander Mackay Smith |
| in 1962 | Sold by Sotheby's |
| from 1962 | Cyril W. Jacklin |
| in 1963 | Current owner |
Known players
Ruggiero Ricci
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Hart & Son, London
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References
How Many Strads? (1999 edition), Doring, Bein & Fushi, Bein & Fushi, Chicago, 1999 (illustrated)- Mostra di Antonio Stradivari (Palazzo Borromeo - Isola Bella), Turris Editrice, Cremona (illustrated)
- Antonio Stradivari, Violoncello, Cremona 1696, Ex-Prince Gursky, Amati, New York (illustrated)
- Private Archives - 10746
- Caressa & Francais Notebook (c1900 - 1936), part of the Jacques Francais Collection at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
- The Strad, December, 2003, Carlo Chiesa, Newsquest Specialist Media, 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)
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