Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1720, the 'Woolhouse'
Violin: 41489
Bearing its original label.
Back: Two-piece
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Provenance
| in 1821 | G. Champion |
| until 1848 | Crane |
| 1849-1893 | Wesley Stoker Barker Woolhouse |
| in 1893 | Sold by Puttick & Simpson |
| 1893-1905 | Woolhouse family |
| from 1905 | Professor Price |
| Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons | |
| in 1924 | Dr. Hans Kühne |
| until 1925 | Hamma & Co. |
| 1925-1926 | Harry Wahl |
| from 1926 | Hamma & Co. |
| from 1927 | Dr. Steiner-Schweitzer |
| until 1926 | Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. |
| 1926-1947 | Joseph Haft |
| from 1947 | Current owner |
Known players
Felix Galimer, Wolfe Wolfinsohn
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London- Certificate: Hamma & Co., Stuttgart
- Certificate: Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., New York, NY
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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
Harry Wahl's Violins, Maija-Stiina Roine, Cozio Publishing, Boston (illustrated)- How Many Strads? (1999 edition), Doring, Bein & Fushi, Bein & Fushi, Chicago, 1999 (illustrated)
- Violins & Violinists, November-December, 1940, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago (illustrated)
- Italian Violin Makers (1964), Karel Jalovec, Paul Hamlyn, London, 1964 (illustrated)
Jose Sanchez-Penzo: The Way Famous String Instruments Went- Meisterwerke Italienischer Geigenbaukunst, Fridolin Hamma, Hamma & Co., Stuttgart (illustrated)
- Private Archives - 10842
- The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Box 44
- 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)
- Wolfe Wolfinsohn: An Interview with Albert Mell