Domenico Montagnana, Venice, c. 1740, the 'Baron Steinheil'
Violin: 42866
Bearing its original label.
Back: Two-piece
Length of back: 35.9 cm
Upper bouts: 16.9 cm
Middle bouts: 11.3 cm
Lower bouts: 20.9 cm
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Notes:
The date is listed as 1749 in the Hottinger Collection.Henry Hottinger Collection
Provenance
| until 1910 | Baron Steinheil |
| 1910-1926 | Dr. Steiner-Schweitzer |
| in 1926 | Sold by Emil Herrmann, New York |
| 1926-1940 | Harry Wahl |
| ... | ... |
| from 1947 | Henry Hottinger |
| until 1958 | Louis E. Brooks |
| ... | ... |
| from 1965 | Current owner |
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Emil Herrmann, New York, New York, NY ". . .feinste existierende. . ."
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References
Violins & Violinists, July-August, 1947, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago (illustrated)- Harry Wahl's Violins, Maija-Stiina Roine, Cozio Publishing, Boston (illustrated)
- Henry Hottinger Collection (illustrated)
- Private Archives - 10746
- Private Archives - 10842
- The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)
- W. E. Hill & Sons Photographic Archive (illustrated)