di Stradivari Antonio

1720 c. - Viola "Castelbarco - Kux"

It was originally a viola d'amore transformed into alto viola by J. B. Vuillaume. Back of one piece of curly maple with narrow curl descending to the left, made by J. B. Vuillaume in 1850 c. Amati head of 1620 c. mass by J. B. Vuillaume (The original head of the instrument, with holes for 12 pegs, would be the one kept at the Musée de la Musique in Paris, inv. E. 484).
  • 1720 c., Cremona
  • Not original (Antonius Stradivarius Cremonensis / fecit anno 1715)
  • 40.7 cm
  • 18.5 cm
  • 12.5 cm
  • 24.15 cm
  • W. E. Hill & Sons, Londra; Emil Herrmann, Berlino, New York, Easton; Rembert Wurlitzer, New York, 1959
  • Dendrochronological analysis of the soundboard performed by John C. Topham, Surrey, in 2000, which determined the dating of the most recent growth ring to 1681; repeated by Henri Grissino-Mayer, P. Sheppard and M. Cleaveland, in 2001, with the result of 1683; Peter Rattclif, London, 21 July 2022, growth rings on the low side 1683, on the high side 1682.
  • Graham Oppenheimer 1996
  • Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume (Paris); Count Cesare Castelbarco (Milan) 1862; Unknown 1862; Dr. Leopold Geismar (Mannheim) 1914; Wilhelm Kux (Vienna) 1914; Rembert Wurlitzer Inc. 1958; Benjamin Cooper 1958; Frank Passa (San Francisco) 1964; Royal Academy of Music (London) 2000
  • Reade 1872; Doring 1945; S. a. 1964 (VII); Goodkind 1972; Cover 1988; Duchen 1996; Rattray 1997; Rattray 2000; Biddulph-Chaudière 2008; Greiner 2010
  • Passed by Tarisio Auction's, London, October 31, 2022
creato:lunedì 17 febbraio 2014
modificato:mercoledì 26 ottobre 2022