Instrument

  • ID: 677
  • Type: violin
  • Maker: Antonio Stradivari
  • Year built: 1733
  • City: Cremona
  • Name: Des Rosiers
 
Label: original
Ribs: from the same log as the back
Varnish: Reddish
Upper Bout: 15.6 cm.
Lower Bout: 20.6 cm.
Back: One-piece with a broad figure extending towards slightly from left to right
Table: of medium-grained spruce, straight and even
Body Length: 35.7 cm.
Center Bout: 11.4 cm.

Photos

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  • front
  • side
  • back

Iconography Index

Black-and-white photos (front, back & side): How Many Strads?, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago, 1945.

Order Black-and-white photos (front, back & side): The Collection of John Hudson Bennett Catalog, February 5, 1932, New York, 1932.

Black-and-white photos (front, back & side): Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, New York, 1972.


Notes

According to legend, a mob storming a chateau wanted to destroy the Strad because it was a symbol of aristocracy. A young Corporal tried to save the Strad by grabbing it an running away. He was caught and guillotined, but the violin survived.
Antonio Stradivari and His Instruments, William Henley, Amati Publishing, Ltd., Sussex, 1961.

Provenance

Owner Owned From Owned In Owned Till Price paid
Angèle Dubeau   1977       
...         
Province of Quebec  1947       
Rudolph Wurlitzer Co.    1945     
John Hudson Bennett (New York)      1932   
Rudolph Wurlitzer Co.         
W.E. Hill & Sons  1922       
...         
W.E. Hill & Sons  1911    1920   
...         
Charles Des Rosiers      1898   
Des Rosiers (Moulin)         
...         

Current owner Current owner
Indicates that the owner is or was also a musician Indicates that the owner is or was also a musician

Players

Name Played From Played In Played To
Angèle Dubeau   1977     
...       
Arthur LeBlanc  1947     
Iso Briselli     1937   
...       

Current player Current player
Indicates that the musician is or was also an owner of one or more instruments. Indicates that the musician is or was also an owner of one or more instruments

Auctions

Auction Date Note Estimate Hammer Price
Anderson Galleries Inc., New York  Feb-05-1932      For members only 

Including buyer's premium
Current record for maker and instrument type
Record at time of sale for maker and instrument type

Certificates

Certificate: Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., New York

Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London

References

Antonio Stradivari and His Instruments, William Henley, Amati Publishing, Ltd., Sussex, 1961.

How Many Strads?, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago, 1945.

Order The Collection of John Hudson Bennett Catalog, February 5, 1932, New York, 1932.

The Stradivari Memorial (1977), William Dana Orcutt, Da Capo Press, New York, 1977.

Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, New York, 1972.

Order "How Many Strads? - Supplemental", Violins & Violinists, October-November, 1947, 1947.

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