Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, c. 1731, the 'Heifetz, Piel'


Violin: 41561

Labeled, "Antonius Stradivarius Cremonensis Faciebat Anno 1731."

Back: Two-piece of faint broad curl, showing various sap marks

Top: of well-defined and rather open grain

Ribs: of more pronounced figure

Varnish: Orange-brown

Length of back: 35.5 cm

Upper bouts: 16.7 cm

Middle bouts: 11 cm

Lower bouts: 20.6 cm

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Provenance

in c. 1835 Sold by Luigi Tarisio
in c. 1835 Sold by Pierre & Hippolyte Silvestre
c. 1836-c. 1875 Count Alexandre-Henri de Chaponay
in c. 1875 Sold by Hippolyte C. Silvestre
in c. 1876 Henry Benjamin Merton
in 1876 Sold by Foster Auction House
in 1876 Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons
1876-1879 John Clarke Crosthwaite McCaul
from 1879 W. E. Hill & Sons
1879-c. 1906 Edmund Janson
in c. 1906 Sold by John & Arthur Beare
in 1908 Sold by Hamma & Co.
1908-1915 Michael Piel
1915-1922 Rudolph Piel
1922-1950 Jascha Heifetz
1950-1971 Sam Bloomfield
from 1971 Current owner

Known players

Jascha Heifetz

Certificates & Documents

  • Letter: Arthur Phillips Hill, London
  • Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London
  • Certificate: Ernest N. Doring

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References

  • Antonio Stradivari and His Instruments, William Henley, Amati Publishing, Ltd., Sussex, 1961
  • How Many Strads? (1999 edition), Doring, Bein & Fushi, Bein & Fushi, Chicago, 1999
  • Violins & Violinists, January-February, 1951, 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)
  • Private Archives - 10842
  • The Strad, April, 1959, London (illustrated)
  • The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Box 43 (illustrated)
  • Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, NY (illustrated)

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