Lot Essay
Sold with the certificate of D. R. Hill & Son dated 4 December 1995
THE DICKINSON STUART
An Italian violin by Antonio Stradivari labelled Antonius Stradivarius Cremonensis/Faciebat Anno 1728; the one-piece back of faint medium curl, the ribs similar, the scroll by another hand, the table of medium to narrow grain, the varnish of a golden brown colour, the length of back 13 15/16in. (35.4cm)
Details
An Italian violin by Antonio Stradivari labelled Antonius Stradivarius Cremonensis/Faciebat Anno 1728; the one-piece back of faint medium curl, the ribs similar, the scroll by another hand, the table of medium to narrow grain, the varnish of a golden brown colour, the length of back 13 15/16in. (35.4cm)
Provenance
Robert Bower
Albert Caressa, Paris
Cobbett
Coonley
Lyon & Healy, Chicago
W. E. Hill & Sons, London
H. M Dickinson, Pittsburgh
Alexander J. Stuart, Detroit
Albert Caressa, Paris
Cobbett
Coonley
Lyon & Healy, Chicago
W. E. Hill & Sons, London
H. M Dickinson, Pittsburgh
Alexander J. Stuart, Detroit
Literature
Ernest N. Doring, How Many Strads? Our Heritage from the Master, Chicago, 1945, p. 290
Herbert K. Goodkind, Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari, New York, 1972, pp. 626 (illustrated), 736, 745, 751, 761
Herbert K. Goodkind, Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari, New York, 1972, pp. 626 (illustrated), 736, 745, 751, 761