1679 - Violin "Hellier"

Soundboard of spruce at fine grain that widens towards the flanks, hemmed with inlays of lozenges and small circles in ivory on the black stucco. Back of one piece of curly maple to broad curl descending to the right, hemmed with inlais of lozanges and small circles of ivory on black stucco. Ribs and scroll of wood similar to that of the bottom, decorated with plant shoots engraved and filled with black filler.

  • 1679, Cremona
  • 35,6 cm
  • 17 cm
  • 11.2 cm
  • 21 cm
  • Dr. Herbert R. Axelrod
  • W. E. Hill & Sons, London, January 21, 1957; Rembert Wurlitzer, New York, January 18, 1957; Machold Rare Violins, Bremen, Zurich, New York, Vienna, April 27, 1998
  • Sir Samuel Hellier of Wombourne 1734; Sir Edward Hellier; Colonel Shaw-Hellier 1872/75; George Crompton (Manchester, England) 1875/85; Charles James Oldham (Brighton) 1885/90; Colonel Shaw-Hellier 1890/1910; W.E. Hill & Sons 1910/12; Hamma & Co. (Stuttgart) 1912; Oscar Bondy (Vienna) 1925; W.E. Hill & Sons 1925/32; H. E. Morris (Shanghai) 1932; Rembert Wurlitzer Inc. 1957; Henry Hottinger (New York) 1957/65; Rembert Wurlitzer Inc. 1965/79; Thomas M. Roberts (Memphis) 1979; Alfredo Halegua 1993; Dr. Herbert R. Axelrod 1998
  • 1872, London: Special Exhibition at South Kensington; 1904, London: A special loan exhibition of musical instruments, manuscripts, books, portraits, and other mementoes of music and musicians, formed to commemorate the tercentenary of the granting by King James I; 1979, Washington: Exhibition of Violins and Bows in the Smithsonian Collection; 1987, Cremona: Capolavori di Antonio Stradivari
  • Engel 1872; Hill 1902; Worshipful Company of Musicians 1904; Meyer 1919; Lütgendorff 1922; Hamma 1932; Disertori 1937; Pasquali 1937; Balfoort 1945; Doring 1945; Jalovec 1952; Jalovec 1957; Henley 1961; Baruzzi 1962; Jalovec 1963 (II); Jalovec 1964; S. a. 1965 (IV); Hamma-Warren-Wurlitzer 1966; Wurlitzer 1966; Gingrich 1970; Goodkind 1972; Sacconi 1972; William Moennig & Son 1975; Peterlongo 1979; Sturm; Yokoyama 1986 (III); Beare 1987; Dilworth 1987; Lewin 1987; Sturm 1987; S. a. 1993 (II); Hargrave 1997; Bein & Fushi 1998; Machold 1998 (VI); Bein; Sacconi 2002; Axelrod 2002; Roug 2003; S. a. 2004; Brandmair-Greiner 2010; Pollens 2010; Thöne-Röhrmann 2010; AA. VV. 2011
  • Passed by Chrstie's. London, July 2022
creato:giovedì 8 marzo 2012
modificato:martedì 7 giugno 2022