1712 - Violin "Le Brun"

Back of two pieces of curly maple with broad curl, glued in a herringbone pattern with apex at the top. Light golden-brown varnish.

  • 1712, Cremona
  • Antonius Stradiuarius Cremonensis Faciebat anno 1712 AS, and inscribed on the label "Presviter Assensio cumpos***"
  • 35.5 cm
  • 16.1 cm.
  • 11.1 cm
  • 20.5 cm
  • Anonymous
  • Caressa & Français, Paris, April 9, 1922; Kenneth Warren & Son, Chicago, July 16, 2007; Carl Becker, Chicago, August 9, 2007; Robertson & Sons, Albuquerque, February 1, 2008
  • Dendrochronological analysis of the soundboard, by John C. Topham, Surrey, September 4, 2001, which shows the most recent growth ring dating to 1703/1705. The wood could come from the same tree in the tables of violins: Parke 1711, Gibson-Huberman 1713 and another in 1715.
  • Nicolò Paganini; Vincenzo Sighicelli 1893
  • Nicolò Paganini; Boutillier family; Charles LeBrun (Paris); Chardon & Fils (Paris) 1893; Vincenzo Sighicelli 1893; Otto Senn (Basel) 1922; Anonymous 2008
  • S. a. 1963; Goodkind 1972; S. a. 1996 (V); Sotheby's 2001
creato:martedì 28 gennaio 2014
modificato:giovedì 23 marzo 2017