1717 - Violin "Piatti"

Soundboard of spruce to very fine vein at the center, which widens towards the flanks. Back of two pieces of curly maple to medium-large curl, glued in a herringbone pattern with apex at the top. Ribs of wood similar to that of the back. Scroll of curly maple with faint broad curl. Red-orange varnish.

  • 1717, Cremona
  • Antonius Stradiuarius Cremonensis Faciebat Anno 1717 AS (original)
  • 35.4 cm
  • 15.7 cm
  • 20.65 cm
  • Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., New York, February 24, 1931; W. E. Hill & Sons, London, March 9, 1931; Letter by Lyon & Healy, Chicago, November 10, 1953; Max Moeller & sons, Amsterdam, June 24, 1986
  • Alfredo Carlo Piatti 1862/68; Gabriele Wietrowitz 1892/1906; Yossif Ivanov 2005; Hrachya Avanesyan 2008
  • John Betts; Sir Rowland Watkin Wynn; George Ashley; Emmington (Bexley, Kent) 1836; Arthur Betts 1836; Henderson 1836; Simon Andrew Forster 1862; Alfredo Carlo Piatti 1862/68; John Pawle 1868/92; Gabriele Wietrowitz 1892/1906; Nathan E. Posner (Beverly Hills, California) 1920; Dr. Eugenio Sturchio 1920/23; John W. Coggeshall (Providence, Rhode Island) 1923/28; Nathan E. Posner (Beverly Hills, California) 1928/30; Alfred O. Corbin (New York) 1928/30; Nathan E. Posner (Beverly Hills, California) 1930; Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. 1930/31; Frank Miles Yount (Beaumont, Texas) 1931; Lyon & Healy 1949; C. Michael Paul (California); Raymonde I. Paul 1986; Current owner 2015
  • 2008, Montpellier: Antonio Stradivari
  • Polonaski 1893; Hill 1902; S. a. 1930 (II); Doring 1938 (III); Doring 1945; Lyon & Healy 1949; Henley 1961; Goodkind 1972; The Strad 1985; Sotheby's 1986 (II); Doring 1999; Koeckert 2000; Ingles-Dilworth 2006; Biddulph-Chaudière 2008; Christie's 2015
creato:venerdì 8 giugno 2012
modificato:giovedì 23 marzo 2017