1726 - Violin "Sleeping Beauty"

Soundboard of two pieces of spruce with vein narrow at center, which widens towards the flanks, probably from two different trees. Back of one piece of curly maple with very narrow horizontal curl, with original additions in the lower lobes. Ribs of wood similar to that of the back. Scroll of plain maple. Rich golden-brown varnish.

  • 1726, Cremona
  • Antonius Stradiuarius Cremonensis, Faciebat Anno 1726 AS (original)
  • 35.5 cm
  • 16.8 cm
  • 10.75 cm
  • 20.8 cm
  • W. E. Hill & Sons, London, December 30, 1950; Letter by Waidele, Goteborg, July 13, 1984, to Mr. Sun
  • Dendrochronological analysis by John C. Topham, Surrey, September 18, 2002: States that the youngest tree-rings measured on the front of the violin date from 1721 (bass side) and 1717 (treble side).
  • Ida Haendel 1951
  • Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume (Paris) 1850; David Laurie (Glasgow) 1878; William Ebsworth Hill 1882; Hon. James H. Cecil Hozier MP 1882; W.E. Hill & Sons 1888; W. Paton 1888; Lord Newlands; Robert A. Bower (Somerset); Royal College of Music (London); W.E. Hill & Sons 1951; J. A. Billmeir 1951; Murdoch 1973; Hyung Hoon Sun (New York) 1984
  • Doring 1951 (X); Christie's 1973; Christie's 1975; Christie's 2002; Gand 1994; Barabaschi 2010; Machold 2010
creato:domenica 2 marzo 2014
modificato:giovedì 23 marzo 2017