1618 - Violin "Vieuxtemps"

The belly is of spruce of medium grain. The back is two-piece of maple of medium curl descending to the right. The ribs are of maple of irregular curl. The scroll is of maple of medium curl. The varnish is golden-brown.

  • 1618, Cremona
  • Antonius & Hieronymus Fr. Amati / Cremonen. Andreae fil F. 1618
  • 35.6 cm
  • Smithsonian Institution Museum
  • Albert Caressa, Paris, 1937. Lost in WWII; Jacques Francais, New York, 1950; William Moennig & Son, Philadelphia, July 11, 1967
  • Prince Charles of Lorraine; Henri Vieuxtemps; Gustav Huguenin (Le Locle, H) 1950; Pierre Vidoudez (Geneva) 1967; William Moennig & Son (Philadelphia) 1967; Arnold Gingrich 1967/76; Smithsonian Institution Museum 1979
  • The instrument has been sold by Puttick & Simpson, in London, on December 10, 1908 and by Sotheby's, in New York, on October 29, 1986
  • 1979, Washington (USA): Exhibition of Violins and Bows in the Smithsonian Collection
  • S. a. 1909; Gingrich 1970; Sotheby's 1976 (II); Sturm 1979
creato:sabato 9 marzo 2013
modificato:giovedì 23 marzo 2017