di Stradivari Antonio

1672 - Viola "Mahler"

Back of two pieces of poplar to pearly curl, glued in a herringbone pattern with apex at the bottom.

  • Engel 1872; Puttick & Simpson 1877; Hart 1885; Doring 1952; Henley 1961; Baruzzi 1962; S. a. 1963; Jalovec 1964; Goodkind 1972; Sacconi 1972; Greither 1973-1975 (IV); Beare 1987; Verband Schweizerischer Geigenbaumeister 1990; Sacconi 2000; S. a. 2003; Thöne-Röhrmann 2010; Brandmair-Greiner-Peter 2010
  • 1672, Cremona
  • 1872, South Kensington: Special Exhibition at South Kensington; 1987, Cremona: Capolavori di Antonio Stradivari; 1995, Milano: Castello Sforzesco
  • Antonins Stradiuarius Cremonensis / Faciebat Anno 1672 (with the original printing error)
  • 41,1 cm
  • 19,7 cm
  • 23,1 cm
  • St. Gallen (H), Stradivari-Stiftung Habisreutinger
  • William Ebsworth Hill, London, 1893
  • Hannes Bärtschi 1999/2005; Antoine Tamestit 2010
  • The name derives from the fact that the viola has been sold the July 7, 1960, the day of the centenary of the birth of G. Mahler
  • Joseph Gillott (Birmingham) 1872; P. R. Parera (Manchester) 1872/77; John Hart (London) 1877; Richard Bennett (Southport, Lancashire) 1885/93; W.E. Hill & Sons 1893; A. W. Young 1893; Miss Reid 1930; Jean Werro (Bern, Switzerland); Henry Werro (Bern, Switzerland) 1950/59; Hans Schicker (Freiburg); Rolf Habisreutinger (St. Gallen) 1960/90; Stradivari-Stiftung Habisreutinger 1990
creato:giovedì 8 marzo 2012
modificato:giovedì 23 marzo 2017