Instrument

  • ID: 9459
  • Type: violin
  • Maker: José Contreras
  • Year built: 1785
  • City: Granada
  • Name:
 
Back: Two-piece

Photos

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  • front, back & side
  • front & back

Iconography Index

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


Provenance

Owner Owned From Owned In Owned Till Price paid
...         
Dr. Herbert Axelrod  1979       
Jacques Francais      1979   
...         

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

Certificates

Certificate: Jacques Francais, New York, 1979. #2115. "Grade: A+"

Certificate: Wurlitzer, New York

Certificate: William Moennig & Son, Philadelphia

References

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