di Stradivari Antonio

1727 - Viola "Cavassetti"

Soundboard of spruce with narrow vein to the center, which widens towards the flanks. Back of two pieces of curly maple with narrow curl and wavy almost horizontal. Orange-brown varnish.

  • 1727, Cremona
  • Original, with Stradivari's stamp applied after the label had been glued to the instrument
  • 41.2 cm
  • 18.4 cm
  • 12.4 cm
  • 23.8 cm
  • Washington (USA), American Library of Congress
  • Luigi Tarisio 1854; Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume (Paris) 1854; J. N. Durand 1872; Maulaz (Paris) 1872; Gand & Bernardel, Freres (Paris) 1875; David Laurie (Glasgow); Alexander Cassavetti 1875/85; W.E. Hill & Sons 1885; Charles James Oldham (Brighton) 1885; W.E. Hill & Sons; Baron Johann Knoop; W.E. Hill & Sons 1898; Robert E. Brandt (Exeter) 1898; W.E. Hill & Sons 1906; Hart & Son 1906/28; Rodman Wanamaker (New York) 1928/29; Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. 1929/31; John Taylor Roberts (Hartford, Connecticut) 1931/34; Gertrude Clarke Whittall 1934/36; Library of Congress 1936
  • S. a. 1872 (II); S. a. 1872 (III); Hill 1902; S. a. 1929; Wurlitzer 1931; Jalovec 1952; Goodkind 1972; Orcutt 1977; Mell 1979; Herbert 1983; S. a. 1988; Gand 1994; Bein 1999; Pollens 2000; Kass 2006; Barabaschi 2010
creato:lunedì 6 agosto 2012
modificato:giovedì 23 marzo 2017