Jacob Stainer, Absam, 1677
Violin: 41860
Possibly original, manuscript: "Jacobus Stainer in Absom / prope Oenipontum 1677."
Back: Two-piece of medium curl descending from the joint
Top: of fine grain opening out towards the flanks
Scroll: of fainter medium curl
Ribs: of wood similar to back
Varnish: Orange-brown
Length of back: 35.4 cm
Provenance
| Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons | |
| Sold by Jacques Français | |
| Yoko Matsuo Levitch | |
| in 1979 | Sold by Sotheby Parke Bernet |
| ... | ... |
| in 1985 | Current owner |
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Emil Herrmann, New York, New York, NY
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References
Jakob Stainer: Leben und Werk des Tiroler Meisters, Walter Senn & Karl Roy, Verlag E. Bochinsky, Frankfurt (illustrated)- Sotheby Parke Bernet Important Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, June 19, 1985, New York, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, New York (illustrated)
- Sotheby Parke Bernet Important Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, June 26, 1979, New York, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, New York (illustrated)
- The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)