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1720 - Violin "Mendelssohn"

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

  • 1720, Cremona
  • Antonio Stradivari Cremonensis / Faciebat Anno 1720 (original)
  • 35.4 cm
  • 16.7 cm
  • 10.75 cm
  • 20.6 cm
  • Elizabeth Pitcairn
  • Hamma & Co., Stuttgart, July 1, 1956; Rembert Wurlitzer, New York, September 12, 1956
  • Elizabeth Pitcairn since 1990
  • This is the instrument upon which the film "The Red Violin" is loosely based.
  • Lilli von Mendelssohn; Franz von Mendelssohn; Hamma & Co. (Stuttgart) 1956; Rembert Wurlitzer Inc. 1956; Luthier Rosenthal & Son (New York) 1990; Elizabeth Pitcairn 1990
  • Goodkind 1972; Christie's 1990; Barabaschi 2010
creato:lunedì 17 febbraio 2014
modificato:giovedì 23 marzo 2017