1722 - Violin "Count de Chaponay"

Soundboard of spruce to medium narrow grain, with an inscription inside manuscript in English of 1887. Back of one piece of curly maple with narrow curl descendant to the right. Orange-red varnish.

  • 1722, Cremona
  • Antonius Stradivarius Cremonensis / Faciebat Anno 1722
  • 35.6 cm
  • 17 cm
  • 11.1 cm
  • 21 cm
  • Machold Rare Violins, Bremen, Zurich, New York, Vienna, April 8, 2003
  • Dendrochronological analysis by John C. Topham, Surrey: youngest ring is 1713
  • Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume (Paris) 1857; Count de Chaponay (Lyon) 1857/76; Boutard 1876; W.E. Hill & Sons 1888; George W. Mackenzie 1888/1903; W.E. Hill & Sons 1903; Charles James Oldham (Brighton) 1903; Robert E. Brandt (Exeter) 1904; W.E. Hill & Sons 1904; Dr. Felix Landau (Berlin) 1904; Henry Hottinger (New York) 1949/65; Rembert Wurlitzer Inc. 1965
  • Hill 1902; Wurlitzer 1966; S. a. 1969 (IV); Goodkind 1972; Sato 2001
creato:sabato 22 febbraio 2014
modificato:giovedì 23 marzo 2017