Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1721, the 'Jansa'
Violin: 41501
Back: One-piece with flame slanting upwards from left to right (similar to Bott Strad)
Top: of spruce of fine, even grain
Varnish: Orange-red
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Provenance
| Leopold Jansa | |
| Sold by Hamma & Co. | |
| until 1913 | Lyon & Healy |
| from 1913 | W. E. Beck |
| in 1925 | Charles Ringling |
| in 1929 | Sold by Lyon & Healy |
| ... | ... |
| in 1946 | C. P. Dubbs |
| ... | ... |
| in 1966 | Sold by Rembert Wurlitzer Inc. |
| until 1966 | David W. Young |
| from 1966 | Current owner |
Known players
Leopold Jansa
References
Alte Geigen (Hamma, 1939), Hamma & Co., Stuttgart (illustrated)- An Encyclopedia of the Violin (1925), Alberto Bachman, The Library Press Limited, London
- Die Geigen und Lautenmacher vom Mitteralter bis zur Gegenwart, Willibald Freiherr von Lütgendorff, Frankfurter Verlags-Anstalt, Frankfurt am Main (illustrated)
- Italian Violin Makers (1964), Karel Jalovec, Paul Hamlyn, London, 1964 (illustrated)
- Lyon & Healy, Rare Old Violins, Violas & Violoncellos (February, 1921), Lyon & Healy, Chicago (illustrated)
- Meisterwerke Italienischer Geigenbaukunst, Fridolin Hamma, Hamma & Co., Stuttgart (illustrated)
- Private Archives - 10746
- Private Archives - 10842
- Lyon & Healy Rare Old Violins, Violas & Violoncellos (1929), Lyon & Healy, Chicago (illustrated)
- Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, NY (illustrated)
Alte Geigen (Hamma, 1939), Hamma & Co., Stuttgart (illustrated)
