Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1711, the 'Earl of Plymouth, Kreisler'
Violin: 44058
Bearing its original label, "Antonius Stradiuarius Cremonensis / Faciebat Anno 1711."
Back: Two-piece
Length of back: 35.5 cm
Upper bouts: 16.75 cm
Middle bouts: 11 cm
Lower bouts: 20.8 cm
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Notes:
The Hill family discovered this instrument in 1926 in the Castle of the Earl of Plymouth, where it had been sitting for over 150 years.Henry Hottinger Collection
Provenance
| Earl of Plymouth | |
| in 1928 | Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons |
| 1928-1945 | Fritz Kreisler |
| 1945-1946 | Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. |
| from 1946 | Dorotha Powers Percival |
| until 1952 | Rembert Wurlitzer Inc. |
| 1952-1965 | Henry Hottinger |
| in 1965 | Rembert Wurlitzer Inc. |
| from 1965 | Los Angeles Philharmonic |
Certificates & Documents
Letter: Rembert Wurlitzer Inc., New York, NY (1945) To Miss Dorotha Powers. Suggests that when the instrument was discovered in 1928 by Arthur Hill, it had not beem played since about 1750.
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References
Antonius Stradivarius (Volumes I-IV), Jost Thöne, Jan Röhrmann, Alessandra Barabaschi, Jost Thöne Verlag, Cologne, 2010 (illustrated)- Henry Hottinger Collection (illustrated)
- Violins & Violinists, August-September, 1945, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago
Kreisler’s Violins, Cozio Carteggio feature, Tully Potter, 2017- Marquis Violins
- The 'Secrets' of Stradivari, Simone Fernando Sacconi, Eric Blot Edizioni, Cremona (illustrated)
- Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, NY (illustrated)
- W. E. Hill & Sons Photographic Archive