Jacob Stainer, Absam, 1669, the 'Gärtner'
Violin: 41773
Bearing a manuscript label, "Jacobus Stainer in Absam prope oenipontum 1659."
Back: Two-piece of broad curl
Top: of fine grain
Ribs: of figure similar to back
Varnish: Golden-brown
Length of back: 35.5 cm
Upper bouts: 16.9 cm
Middle bouts: 11.4 cm
Lower bouts: 20.7 cm
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Notes:
"Die im Jahre 1669 gebaute Geige wurde von dem unermüdlich nachforschenden Geigenmacher Gärtner auf einer Reise durch Italien aufgefunden und erworben, und zwar - es ist bei dem Alter des Instruments ein Wunder zu nennen - in dem Urzustande, nie geöffnet, mit dem ersten Bassbalken von Stainers Hand und ohne Risse oder sonstige Beschädigungen."Bongartz's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, November 12, 2011, Cologne, Bongartz's, Bongartz's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, November 12, 2011, Cologne, Cologne
Provenance
| until 1917 | Eugen Gärtner |
| in 1917 | Julius Hempel |
| 1917-1977 | R. E. Berckmeyer |
| from 1977 | Dr. Dinnigen |
| from 1989 | Unknown |
| in 1989 | Sold by Bongartz's |
| ... | ... |
| in 2021 | Current owner |
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Hamma & Co., Stuttgart (1977)- Certificate: Giuseppe Fiorini, Zurich (1917)
- Certificate: Eugen Gärtner, Stuttgart (1917)
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References
Berühmte Geigen und ihre Schicksale, P. J. Tonger, Cologne (illustrated)- The Strad, January, 1990, Orpheus, London (illustrated)
- Bongartz's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, November 12, 2011, Cologne, Bongartz's, Bongartz's, Cologne (illustrated)
- Bongartz's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, November 20, 1989, Cologne, Bongartz's, Bongartz's, Cologne (illustrated)
- Die Geigen und Lautenmacher vom Mitteralter bis zur Gegenwart, Willibald Freiherr von Lütgendorff, Frankfurter Verlags-Anstalt, Frankfurt am Main (illustrated)
- Jakob Stainer: Leben und Werk des Tiroler Meisters, Walter Senn & Karl Roy, Verlag E. Bochinsky, Frankfurt (illustrated)