Instrument

  • ID: 496
  • Type: violin
  • Maker: Antonio Stradivari
  • Year built: 1714
  • City: Cremona
  • Name: Joachim
 
Back: Two-piece with medium curl extending upwards from the joint
Body Length: 35.6 cm.
Center Bout: 11.4 cm.
Ribs: of wood similar to back
Upper Bout: 16.8 cm.
Lower Bout: 20.6 cm.

Photos

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  • front, back & f-hole
  • scroll & side

Iconography Index

Black-and-white photos (front, back & side): How Many Strads?, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago, 1945.

Black-and-white photos (front, back & side): Mostra di Antonio Stradivari (Palazzo Borromeo - Isola Bella), Turris Editrice, Cremona, 1963.

Order Black-and-white photos (front, back & side): The Collection of John Hudson Bennett Catalog, February 5, 1932, New York, 1932.

Black-and-white photos (front, back, side, scroll & f-hole - initialed by Emil Herrmann): The Jacques Francais Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.

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


Notes

Hill's comments describe how the young Joachim longed for and finally acquired this instrument at a price which up to that time was the highest ever paid for a violin. Joachim used it in all his concerts for many years. At these musical feasts, the London "pops" in the '60s and earlier, it was an honored guest with Madame Schumann, Rubenstein and Chopin. It was the beautiful voice with which Joachim spoke during that rich period in the history of music when he and his friends Mendelssohn and Schumann, and later the young Brahms, were rediscovering the instrumental works of Bach, Beethoven and Schubert and making them household words in Europe.
The Collection of John Hudson Bennett Catalog, February 5, 1932, New York, 1932.

Provenance

Owner Owned From Owned In Owned Till Price paid
...         
Hugh W. Long (Elizabeth, NJ)    1963     
Kenneth Warren & Son    1960     
Paul Stassevitch    1945     
...         
John Hudson Bennett (New York)    1932     
...         
Alfred E. Stephens (Springfield, Massachusetts)    1925     
...         
W.E. Hill & Sons  1913       
Baron Knoop      1913   
C. G. Meier (London)  1885       
Joseph Joachim   1849    1885  For members only 
Müller (Bremen)      1849   
...         

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

Players

Name Played From Played In Played To
...       
Joseph Joachim   1849    1885 
...       

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

Auctions

Auction Date Note Estimate Hammer Price
Anderson Galleries Inc., New York  Feb-05-1932      For members only 

Including buyer's premium
Current record for maker and instrument type
Record at time of sale for maker and instrument type

Certificates

Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London

Certificate: Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., New York

References

Order An Encyclopedia of the Violin (1925), Alberto Bachman, The Library Press Limited, London, 1925.

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

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

Kenneth Warren & Son advertisement, January, 1960.

Mostra di Antonio Stradivari (Palazzo Borromeo - Isola Bella), Turris Editrice, Cremona, 1963.

Order The Collection of John Hudson Bennett Catalog, February 5, 1932, New York, 1932.

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

The Jacques Francais Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.