Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1687, the 'Kubelik, Bertier'
Violin: 4200
Bearing its original label, "Antonio Stradivarius Cremonensis Faciebat Anno 1687."
The head by Stradivarius from the 1670 period. Excellent condition. The one piece back of handsome quarter cut maple of medium flames descending from treble to bass sides. The ribs of plainer maple. The head of quarter cut maple of narrow flames. The top of two pieces of spruce of medium grain. The varnish of an orange brown color over a golden ground. LOB 35.6 cm
Back: One-piece of broad grained curly maple.
Top: of medium grain
Scroll: by Antonio Stradivari, from the 1670 period, of narrow curl
Ribs: of plainer wood
Varnish: Orange-brown over a golden ground
Length of back: 35.55 cm
Upper bouts: 16.85 cm
Middle bouts: 10.9 cm
Lower bouts: 20.9 cm
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Notes:
Presented to Kubelik by Lord & Lady Palmer on his 21st birthday.How Many Strads?, Doring, Bein & Fushi, Doring, Bein & Fushi, How Many Strads? (1999 edition), Chicago
Gifted by Ansley Salz to the University of California, Berkeley, in 1956.
Tarisio Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, May 1-8, 2003, Internet, Tarisio, Tarisio Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, May 1-8, 2003, New York
"...le violon est le remarquable Stradivarius Kubelik de 1687, et […] sous les doigts d'Elizabeth Blumenstock il révèle beaucoup de chaleur et de séduction."
Répertoire review of Bach Violin Sonatas Vol. 1, Harmonia Mundi
"The first known owner of the violin was the Comte de Bertier, who resided in Paris and certainly had the instrument in his possession in the 1870s, when the violin maker Charles Eugène Gand saw and recorded it." – Alessandra Barabaschi
Antonius Stradivarius (Volumes I-IV), Jost Thöne, Jan Röhrmann, Alessandra Barabaschi, Jost Thöne, Jan Röhrmann, Alessandra Barabaschi, Antonius Stradivarius (Volumes I-IV), Cologne
Provenance
| Edward F. Cullinane | |
| Richard Weichhold | |
| in 1872 | Comte de Bertier |
| until 1893 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| 1893-1901 | Honorable H. Finch-Hatton |
| in 1901 | Lord & Lady Walter Palmer |
| 1901-1908 | Jan Kubelík |
| 1908-1909 | Albert Caressa |
| in 1909 | Sold by Hamma & Co. |
| from 1909 | Prince Max von Baden |
| in 1918 | Ichman |
| from 1919 | Dr. Laumner |
| until 1931 | Emil Herrmann, New York |
| in 1931 | Anonymous |
| from 1931 | Mrs Carl Bloch |
| until 1948 | Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. |
| from 1948 | Leonard Wasserman |
| in 1955 | Sold by Erich Lachmann |
| 1955-1956 | Ansley K. Salz |
| 1956-2003 | University of California, Berkeley |
| until 2003 | Anonymous |
| in 2003 | Sold by Tarisio |
| from 2003 | Current owner |
Known players
Elizabeth Blumenstock, Jan Kubelík, Jeanette Powers
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Hamma & Co., Stuttgart (1955)- Certificate: Erich Lachmann, Berlin (1955)
- Certificate: Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., Cincinnati, OH (1948) States that the scroll is not original to the instrument.
- Certificate: Emil Herrmann, New York, New York, NY (1931)
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References
Alte Geigen (Hamma, 1939), Hamma & Co., Stuttgart (illustrated)- Antonio Stradivari: His Life & Work (1644-1737), W. Henry, Arthur F. & Alfred E. Hill, William E. Hill & Sons, London, 1902
- Antonius Stradivarius (Volumes I-IV), Jost Thöne, Jan Röhrmann, Alessandra Barabaschi, Jost Thöne Verlag, Cologne, 2010 (illustrated)
- Die Geigen und Lautenmacher vom Mitteralter bis zur Gegenwart, Willibald Freiherr von Lütgendorff, Frankfurter Verlags-Anstalt, Frankfurt am Main (illustrated)
- Geschichte der Violine, Fritz Meyer, Bosworth & Co (illustrated)
- How Many Strads? (1999 edition), Doring, Bein & Fushi, Bein & Fushi, Chicago, 1999
- Italian Violin Makers (1964), Karel Jalovec, Paul Hamlyn, London, 1964
- Italienische Geigenbauer (1957), Karel Jalovec, Artia, Prague, 1957 (illustrated)
- Ars Musica, Aloys Greither, Bayer AG, Heft 10 (illustrated)
- Meister Italienischer Geigenbaukunst (8th Edition), Hamma & Co., Florian Noetzel Verlag, Wilhelmshaven (illustrated)
- Meisterwerke Italienischer Geigenbaukunst, Fridolin Hamma, Hamma & Co., Stuttgart (illustrated)
- Private Archives - 10842
- Répertoire review of Bach Violin Sonatas Vol. 1, Harmonia Mundi
- Tarisio Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, May 1-8, 2003, Tarisio, Tarisio, New York (illustrated)
Tarisio Notable Sales, Kubelik Stradivarius of 1687- Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, NY (illustrated)