Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, c. 1668, the 'Golden Bell'
Violin: 42725
Labeled, "1700."
Back: Two-piece
Top: one-piece
Length of back: 35.5 cm
Upper bouts: 16.75 cm
Middle bouts: 10.85 cm
Lower bouts: 20.85 cm
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Notes:
"The violin bears an original label 'Antonius Stradivarius Cremonensis Faciebat Anno 1700,' but several experts shied away from that date and considered the instrument to be an earlier production." – Alessandra BarabaschiAntonius Stradivarius (Volumes I-IV), Jost Thöne, Jan Röhrmann, Alessandra Barabaschi, Jost Thöne, Jan Röhrmann, Alessandra Barabaschi, Antonius Stradivarius (Volumes I-IV), Cologne
Currently on loan to the Museo Il Violino in Cremona. (2020)
Provenance
| until 1937 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| from 1937 | Robert Augustus Bower |
| Sold by Henry Werro | |
| in 1962 and until 2000 | Dr Fritz Hüsler |
| ... | ... |
| in 2017 | Current owner |
Known players
Simone Zgraggen
Certificates & Documents
- Dendrochronology report: Arjan Versteeg (2017)
Certificate: Peter Biddulph, London (2017) "… was made, in my opinion, by the celebrated master Antonio Stradivari Cremona, circa 1668"- Dendrochronology report: Wolfgang Hamberger (2015)
- Letter: Yehudi Menuhin (1991)
- Letter: Hansheinz Schneeberger, Basel (1985)
- Certificate: Eugen Tenucci, Zurich (1943) Hug & Co.
- Certificate: Henry Werro, Bern (1943)
- Certificate: Alfred Vidoudez, Geneva (1942)
- Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1936) "We are of the opinion that this instrument was made in earlier years than the above mentioned date [1700]."
- Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1936) Attributes the violin to Stradivari's Amatise period despite the date on the label which reads 1700.
Certificate: Peter Biddulph, London (2017) "… was made, in my opinion, by the celebrated master Antonio Stradivari Cremona, circa 1668"
Letter: Yehudi Menuhin (1991)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
Antonius Stradivarius (Volumes I-IV), Jost Thöne, Jan Röhrmann, Alessandra Barabaschi, Jost Thöne Verlag, Cologne, 2010 (illustrated)- Exposition: Huit violons de Stradivarius, Claude Lebet, La Chaux-de-Fonds (illustrated)
- Home - Theater Uri
- L'Age d'Or du Violon, Spa, Les Amis de la Musique (illustrated)
- The Strad, December, 2003, Carlo Chiesa, Newsquest Specialist Media, London (illustrated)
Antonius Stradivarius (Volumes I-IV), Jost Thöne, Jan Röhrmann, Alessandra Barabaschi, Jost Thöne Verlag, Cologne, 2010 (illustrated)
