di Stradivari Antonio

1704 c. - Violin "Sleeping Beauty - Boeselager"

Soundboard of spruce with narrow grain that extends towards the flanks. Back of two pieces of curly maple with broad curl, glued in a herringbone pattern with apex at the bottom. Ribs of wood similar to that of the back. Original neck. Orange-red varnish on a golden-yellow ground.

  • 1704 c., Cremona
  • Antonius Stradivarius Cremonensis faciebat Anno 172? (the last 3 digits are handwritten, the last being either a 0 or 9)
  • 35.5 cm
  • 16.8 cm
  • 11.1 cm
  • 20.75 cm
  • Karlsruhe (D), Landeskreditbank Baden-Wuerttemberg
  • W. E. Hill & Sons, London; Alfred Vidoudez, Geneva; Hieronymus Köstler, Stuttgart; J. & A. Beare, London; Claude Lebet, La Chaux-de-Fonds
  • Isabelle Faust since 1995
  • Max von Boeslager 1897; Baroness Wilma Boeslager 1902; Familie Boeselager; Landeskreditbank Baden-Württemberg (Kalsruhe, Germany) 1995
  • 1993, La Chaux-de-Fonds: Huit violons de Stradivarius
  • Hill 1902; Lebet 1993; S. a. 1996 (VIII); Bücking-Köstler-Priemer 2001; S. a. 2007 (IX); Brandmair-Greiner 2010; Barabaschi 2018
creato:martedì 5 giugno 2012
modificato:giovedì 5 luglio 2018