di Stradivari Antonio

1672 - Violin "Sellière"

Soundboard of spruce at narrow grain to the center, which widens towards the flanks. Back of one piece of curly maple cut on the slab and faint almost horizontal narrow curl. Ribs of wood similar to that of the back but cut on the quarter. Scroll of wood corresponding to that of the back. Light golden-brown varnish.

  • 1672, Cremona
  • Original
  • 35.6 cm
  • 16.1 cm
  • 20.5 cm
  • W. E. Hill & Sons, London
  • Don Carlos (later King Charles IV) 1780; Baron Frank Sellière (Paris) 1881; Baron Johann Knoop 1892; W.E. Hill & Sons 1895; Emile Germain (Paris) 1898; Lynen (Antwerp) 1898; Caressa & Français (Paris) 1912; Hamma & Co. (Stuttgart) 1912; Theodor Hämmerle (Vienna) 1937
  • Hill 1902; S. a. 1937; AA. VV. 1938; Jalovec 1952; Baruzzi 1972; Gand 1994
creato:lunedì 2 dicembre 2013
modificato:giovedì 23 marzo 2017