Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1737, the 'Lord Norton'
Violin: 41574
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Notes:
Illustrated in The Strad July 1987 and Oct. 1998.How Many Strads?, Doring, Bein & Fushi, Doring, Bein & Fushi, How Many Strads? (1999 edition), Chicago
"...considered by many experts. . . . to be even more deserving of the recognition as Stradivari's last masterpiece [ than the Le Chant du Cygne]."
A Thousand Mornings of Music, Arnold Gingrich, A Thousand Mornings of Music, New York
Provenance
until 1872 | Joseph Gillott |
in 1872 | Sold by Christie's |
from 1872 | George Hart |
in 1885 | E. Adderley |
until 1901 | Charles Adderley |
from 1901 | Charles Fletcher |
in 1908 | W. A. Darbishire |
from 1908 | Marie Molto |
from 1929 | Nathan E. Posner |
in 1931 | Sold by Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. |
in c. 1931 | Sold by Emil Herrmann, New York |
in 1931 | Alfred O. Corbin |
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in 1937 | Samuel S. Fels |
until 1939 | Emil Herrmann, New York |
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from 1939 and in 1945 | Daniel Karpilowsky |
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in 1975 | Charles Libove |
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in 1987 | Charles Libove |
1957-1965 | Henry Hottinger |
from 1965 | Current owner |
Known players
Iso Briselli
References
36 Famous Italian Violins, Alex Wasinski, Herman Gordon, New York (illustrated)
A Thousand Mornings of Music, Arnold Gingrich, Crown Publishers, New York (illustrated)
The Strad, July, 1987, R. D. Lawrence, London (illustrated)
Henry Hottinger Collection (illustrated)
How Many Strads? (1999 edition), Doring, Bein & Fushi, Bein & Fushi, Chicago, 1999 (illustrated)
Violins & Violinists, March-April, 1943, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago (illustrated)
Joseph Gillott, Cozio Carteggio feature, John Dilworth, Feb 2020
L'Esposizione di Liuteria Antica a Cremona nel 1937, Comitato Stradivariano, Cremona (illustrated)
Stradivari, Stewart Pollens, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2010 (illustrated)
The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Box 43 (illustrated)
The Stradivari Memorial (1977), William Dana Orcutt, Da Capo Press, New York (illustrated)
Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, NY (illustrated)
The Violin: Its Famous Makers and their Imitators, George Hart, Dulau & Co., London (illustrated)