Baron Johann Knoop

Baron Johann Knoop (22 July 1846, Moscow – 1882, St. Magnus), was a collector of musical instruments who possessed a total of 29 great violins, violas, and cellos at one time or another including some four Stradivari violas. Several instruments are named after him:

* Baron Knoop Stradivarius (1698)
* Alard-Baron Knoop Stradivarius (1715)
* Baron Knoop; ex-Bevan Stradivarius (1715)

Knoop's father, Johann Ludwig Knoop (1821-1894), emigrated from Germany to Russia, founded a textile industry in Narva, Estonia, and was granted the Russian title of "Baron", which he passed to his sons.

References

* Doring, Ernest N., "The Baron Knoop". Violins and Violinists, Sep-Oct. 1954, p 196 - 201

External links

* [http://www.cozio.com/Owner.aspx?id=99 Cozio Catalogue by Owner]
* [http://www.jose-sanchez-penzo.net/stCollec.html#C-Knoop,%20Johann%20Ludwig%20Baron The Way Famous String Instruments Went]