1716 - Violin "Colossus"

Soundboard of spruce wich medium grain. Back of two pieces of curly maple on medium curl, glued in a herringbone pattern with apex at the top. Ribs and scroll of wood similar to that of the back. Red-brown varnish on a golden ground.

  • 1716, Cremona
  • Antonius Stradiuarius Cremonensis / Faciebat Anno 1716
  • 35.8 cm
  • Stolen the November 3, 1998 in Rome, in the apartment of Luigi Alberto Bianchi, and has not yet been found.
  • Silvestre & Maucotel, Paris, September 18, 1901; Caressa & Français, Paris, February 22, 1905; Emil Laurent, April 19, 1921; Lyon & Healy, Chicago
  • Giovanni Battista Viotti; Pierre Marie Baillot; Jacques Thibaud 1920; Luigi Alberto Bianchi 1987/98
  • Giovanni Battista Viotti; Pierre Baillot; Jacques Thibaud 1920; Lyon & Healy 1922; Lyon & Healy 1929; L. Ernest Walker, Jr. (Saint Louis, Missouri) 1929/34; Dr. Simon A Carfagno 1987; Luigi Alberto Bianchi 1987/98
  • Lyon & Healy 1922; Lyon & Healy 1929; Doring 1945; Goodkind 1972; Christie's 1987; Dilworth 1987
creato:giovedì 7 giugno 2012
modificato:giovedì 23 marzo 2017