Jacob Stainer, Absam, 1656
Violin: 41676
Printed label, with the spelling "Absom."
Back: One-piece
Top: with flames
Length of back: 35.4 cm
Upper bouts: 16.3 cm
Middle bouts: 11.2 cm
Lower bouts: 20 cm
Notes:
Mentioned in The Strad, Feb. 1928.Jakob Stainer, Walter Senn & Karl Roy, Walter Senn & Karl Roy, Jakob Stainer: Leben und Werk des Tiroler Meisters, Frankfurt
Provenance
| Sold by Emil Herrmann, New York | |
| Schroeder | |
| in 1925 | Josiah Williams |
| in 1925 | Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons |
| ... | ... |
| in 1943 | Sold by William Lewis & Son |
| Carl Froelich | |
| until 1964 | Jacques Français |
| from 1964 | William MacNeil Rodewald, Jr. |
| from 1966 | Smith |
| Sold by Jacques Français | |
| until 1981 | Current owner |
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Jacques Français, New York, NY (1964) #736.- Certificate: Emil Herrmann, New York, New York, NY (1925) Nr. 136 (EH 3751)
- Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1925) Certifies that the printed label is original.
Certificate: Jacques Français, New York, NY (1964) #736.Cozio holds copies of many certificates and other documents, some of which are available to view on request. Please contact us if you wish to view a particular document. (Note that we do not always have permission to share documents.)
References
Jakob Stainer: Leben und Werk des Tiroler Meisters, Walter Senn & Karl Roy, Verlag E. Bochinsky, Frankfurt (illustrated)- The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Box 57 (illustrated)
- The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)
- Violins & Violinists, October, 1943, C. A. Mertzanoff, William Lewis & Son, Chicago (illustrated)
Jakob Stainer: Leben und Werk des Tiroler Meisters, Walter Senn & Karl Roy, Verlag E. Bochinsky, Frankfurt (illustrated)
