1681 - Violin "Reynier - Conte di La Chesnais"

Back of two pieces of curly maple with narrow curl, glued to lightweight herringbone with apex at the top. Red-orange varnish.

  • 1681, Cremona
  • 16.1 cm
  • Original
  • 35.4 cm
  • 10.5 cm
  • 20.3 cm
  • Albert Caressa, Paris, October 27, 1925; W. E. Hill & Sons, London, November 12, 1929; Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., Cincinnati, February 24, 1931; Machold Rare Violins, Bremen, Zurich, New York, Vienna, September 8, 2005.
  • Dendrochronological analysis by John C. Topham, Surrey. Youngest ring is 1675
  • Léon Reynier
  • Napoleon III 1847; Léon Reynier 1847/69; Count La Chesnais (Marseilles) 1869/1924; Caressa & Francais (Paris) 1924/25; John Wanamaker 1925; Rodman Wanamaker (New York) 1929; Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. 1929/31; Frank Miles Yount (Beaumont, Texas) 1931/38; Lyon & Healy 1949/53
  • Doring 1938 (III); Doring 1945; Lyon & Healy 1949; Henley 1961; Goodkind 1972

creato:giovedì 5 dicembre 2013
modificato:giovedì 23 marzo 2017