Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1724, the 'Paganini, Bentinck, Stucki, Sandor Vegh'
Violin: 41516
Bearing its original label, "Antonius Stradivarius Cremonensis Faciebat Anno 1724."
Back: One-piece
Length of back: 36.0 cm
Upper bouts: 16.15 cm
Middle bouts: 10.95 cm
Lower bouts: 20.1 cm
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Provenance
Count Ignazio Alessandro Cozio di Salabue | |
until 1840 | Nicolò Paganini |
1840-1853 | Baron Achille Paganini |
from 1853 | Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume |
Charles Adolph Maucotel | |
Baron Arnold A. Bentinck van Nijenhuis | |
until 1881 | Charles Windham Stanhope, 7th Earl of Harrington |
1881-1920 | Charles Augustus Stanhope, 8th Earl of Harrington |
in 1920 | Coureau |
in 1920 | Sold by Puttick & Simpson |
from 1920 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
until 1938 | Marcus James Astle |
in 1938 | Mrs. Lifetree |
in 1938 | Sold by Puttick & Simpson |
1938-1941 | Henry Werro |
from 1941 | Jürg Stucki |
in 1957 | Dr. Walter Stucki |
1958-1993 | Sándor Végh |
from 1993 | Current owner |
Known players
Sándor Végh
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1938)
Letter: Alfred E. Hill, London (1938)
Certificate: Hart & Son, London (1921)
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References
Antonio Stradivari and His Instruments, William Henley, Amati Publishing, Ltd., Sussex, 1961 (illustrated)
Antonius Stradivarius (Volumes I-IV), Jost Thöne, Jan Röhrmann, Alessandra Barabaschi, Jost Thöne Verlag, Cologne, 2010 (illustrated)
Encyclopedia of Violin-Makers, Volume 2, Karel Jalovec, Paul Hamlyn Ltd., London (illustrated)
- How Many Strads? (1999 edition), Doring, Bein & Fushi, Bein & Fushi, Chicago, 1999
Violins & Violinists, Fall, 1941, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago (illustrated)
- Italian Violin Makers (1964), Karel Jalovec, Paul Hamlyn, London, 1964
Italienische Geigenbauer (1957), Karel Jalovec, Artia, Prague, 1957 (illustrated)
Ars Musica, Aloys Greither, Bayer AG, Heft 11 (illustrated)
Mostra di Antonio Stradivari (Palazzo Borromeo - Isola Bella), Turris Editrice, Cremona (illustrated)
Puttick & Simpson Catalogue of Old and Modern Violins, Violas and Violoncellos, February 17, 1938, London, Puttick & Simpson, Puttick & Simpson, London (illustrated)
- The Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737