di Stradivari Antonio

1703 - Violin "Ford"

Soundboard of spruce to narrow vein. Back of two pieces of curly maple with broad curl, glued in a herringbone pattern with apex at the bottom. Ribs and scroll of wood similar to that of the back. Brownish-red varnish.

  • 1703, Cremona
  • Original
  • 35.6 cm
  • 16.7 cm
  • 11.1 cm
  • 20.8 cm
  • Detroit (USA), Henry Ford Museum
  • Albert Caressa, Paris, June 1, 1916; Rudolph Wurlitzer, New York, June 28, 1924; W. E. Hill & Sons, London, July 1, 1926; W. E. Hill & Sons, London, July 2, 1936
  • George Haddock; Elias Breeskin
  • Sir William Curtis; William Goding; Reverend T. Cradock; John Hart (London) 1867; George Haddock (Hawley Hall, Leeds) 1867/75; T. S. Cooke 1875/1908; Reverend A. Willan 1908/15; W.E. Hill & Sons 1915; Caressa; Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. 1917; Edward Schafer 1917; Elias Breeskin 1917; Henry Ford 1924; Henry Ford Museum 2003
  • Hart 1885; S. a. 1917; Wurlitzer 1917; Doring 1945; Angelescu 1960; Goodkind 1972
creato:sabato 11 gennaio 2014
modificato:giovedì 23 marzo 2017