Instrument

Iconography Index

"The Baron Knoop", Ernest N. Doring, Violins & Violinists, September-October, 1954, 1954: Black-and-white photos (front, back & side).

Capolavori di Antonio Stradivari, Charles Beare, Arnoldo Mondadori S.p.A., Milan, 1987: Black-and-white photo (scroll).

Capolavori di Antonio Stradivari, Charles Beare, Arnoldo Mondadori S.p.A., Milan, 1987: Color photos (front & back).

Stradivari, Stewart Pollens, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2010: Color photos (front, back, side & scroll).

The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.: Black-and-white photos (front, back, side, scroll & f-hole - initialed by Emil Herrmann).

Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, New York, 1972: Black-and-white photos (front, back, side, scroll & f-hole).

W. E. Hill & Sons Photographic Archive: Black-and-white photos (Z357 - front, back & side).

Notes

"While all other instruments I had played prior to the "Batta" differed one from the other in character and range, I knew their qualities, shortcomings, or their capriciousness enough to exploit their good capabilities to full advantage. Not so with the "Batta," whose prowess had no limitations. Bottomless in its resources, it spurred me on to try to reach its depths, and I have never worked harder or desired anything more fervently than to draw out of this superior instrument all it has to give. Only then will I deserve to be its equal."

http://www.cello.org/heaven/cellist/chap29.htm

Provenance

Owner	Owned From	Owned In	Owned Till	Price paid
Evan Drachman		2003
Gregor Piatigorsky	1956
Dr. Daniel Catlin	1945
Horace Havemeyer			1945
...
Harry J. Peters (New York)	1928			For members only
W.E. Hill & Sons			1928
Percy C. Aykroyd	1922
W.E. Hill & Sons			1922
Ernest Illingworth Holden (Bradford)	1906			For members only
W.E. Hill & Sons			1906
Baron Johann Knoop	1893			For members only
W.E. Hill & Sons	1893		1893	For members only
Alexander Batta	1836		1893	For members only
J. P. Thibout			1836
...

 Current owner
 Indicates that the owner is or was also a musician

Players

Name	Played From	Played In	Played To
...
Gregor Piatigorsky			1976
...
Alexandre Batta	1836		1893
...

 Current player
 Indicates that the musician is or was also an owner of one or more instruments

Certificates

Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London

Certificate: Emil Herrmann, Berlin, New York, Easton

References

Antonio Stradivari: His Life & Work (1644-1737), W. Henry, Arthur F. & Alfred E. Hill, William E. Hill & Sons, London, 1902.

Capolavori di Antonio Stradivari, Charles Beare, Arnoldo Mondadori S.p.A., Milan, 1987.

How Many Strads?, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago, 1945.

Stradivari, Stewart Pollens, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2010.

The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C..

Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, New York, 1972.

W. E. Hill & Sons Photographic Archive.

W. E. Hill Business Records (1850 - 1990).

"Ein Stradivarius-Cello für 80000 Franken", Zeitschrift für Instrumentenbau, December 11, 1893.

"The Baron Knoop", Ernest N. Doring, Violins & Violinists, September-October, 1954, 1954.

"The Piatigorsky Foundation", Evan Drachman, VSA proceedings, Vol. XIX, No. 2, November 6-8, 2003, 2003.

http://www.cello.org/heaven/cellist/chap29.htm

Correspondence with Cozio.com member, February, 2010.