1728 c. - Violin "von Beckerath"

Soundboard of spruce with medium vein at the center that widens at the flanks. Back of two piece of curly maple with a faint medium curl descendant to the right. Red-brown varnish on a yellow-brown ground.

  • 1728 c., Cremona
  • Antonius Stradiuarius Cremonensis / Faciebat Anno 1720 (but the correct date would be 1728/29. Hill 1936)
  • 36 cm
  • 16.9 cm
  • 11.55 cm
  • 20.9 cm
  • Philipp Hammig, Berlin, May 31, 1934; W. E. Hill & Sons, London, March 24, 1936; Hamma & Co., Stuttgart, December 25, 1956; Machold Rare Violins, Bremen, Zurich, New York, Vienna, December 6, 2004
  • Dendrochronological analysis by John C. Topham, Surrey: youngest ring is 1692
  • Rudolph von Beckerath (Rundesheim); Bram Elderling 1928; Dr. Fischer (Berlin) 1936; Hamma & Co. (Stuttgart) 1956; Mayer-Schiering (Bielefeld) 1956
  • Jalovec 1957; Jalovec 1964; Goodkind 1972; Verband Schweizerischer Geigenbaumeister 1990; Hargrave 1992 (II); Hamma 1993; Machold s.d. (V)
creato:domenica 9 marzo 2014
modificato:giovedì 23 marzo 2017