1725 - Violin "Wilhelmj"

Soundboard of spruce to narrow vein to the center that widens at the flanks in the treble, open grain in the center of the bass side, that narrowing towards the flank. Back of two pieces of curly maple with very narrow curl, glued in a herringbone pattern with apex at the top. Ribs of wood similar to that of the back. Scroll of   curly maple to medium curl, with traces of the original black edging. Red-brown varnish.

  • 1725, Cremona
  • Antonius Stradiuarius Cremonensis Faciebat Anno 1725
  • 35.8 cm
  • Tokio (J), Nippon Music Foundation
  • Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, Paris, March 24, 1855; W. E. Hill & Sons, London, June 3, 1921; Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., New York, October 26, 1944; Rembert Wurlitzer, Inc., New York, April 25, 1970; W. E. Hill & Sons, London, March 28, 1972
  • August Wilhelmj 1896; Hugo Kupferschmidt 1896; Angel Reyes 1944; Shunsuke Sato 2002/05; Baiba Skride 2005/11
  • Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume (Paris) 1855; Bochmühl (Düsseldorf) 1855/66; August Wilhelmj 1866; Hugo Kupferschmidt (Cincinnati) 1896/1902; Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. 1920; J. E. Greiner (Baltimore) 1925; Frank Miles Yount (Beaumont, Texas) 1931; Maulsby Kimball (Buffalo, NY) 1938/44; Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. 1944; Thomas L. Fawick 1944/46; Henryk Kaston; Wurlitzer Collection ; Jerry Castellone (Ronkonkoma, New York); George A. Gade (Laguna Beach, California) 1972; W.E. Hill & Sons 1972; Nippon Music Foundation 2001
  • Hill 1902; Doring 1919; Friedrich & Brothers 1920; Bachman 1925; Doring 1945; Doring 1946 (V); Doring 1946 (VI); Goodkind 1972; Sotheby's 1985; S. a. 1995 (X); Ingles-Dilworth 2006
creato:venerdì 28 febbraio 2014
modificato:giovedì 23 marzo 2017