1716 - Violin "Salabue - Le Messie - Messiah"

Soundboard of spruce to narrow vein that widens at the flanks, sound holes noteworthy for their unusual slant. Back of two pieces of curly maple on somewhat irregular medium curl, glued in a herringbone pattern with apex at the top. Scroll of curly maple with edge blackened. Neck original but modernized. Clear orange-brown varnish.

  • 1716, Cremona
  • Antonius Stradiuarius Cremonensis / Faciebat Anno 1716
  • 59,3 cm
  • 35,6 cm
  • 16,8 cm
  • 11,2 cm
  • 21,3 cm
  • 26,7 cm
  • 33 cm
  • Oxford (GB), The Ashmolen Museum
  • D. 3:1
  • Dendrochronological analysis by John C. Topham, Surrey, 2000: youngest ring is dated 1682. Dendrochronological analysis by Henri Grissino-Mayer & Paul Sheppard, 2003: youngest ring is dated 1686.
  • Francesco Stradivari 1737/43; Paolo Stradivari 1743/75; Count Cozio di Salabue 1775/1827; Luigi Tarisio 1827/54; Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume (Paris) 1855/75; Delphin Alard 1875/90; W.E. Hill & Sons 1890/91; Robert Crawford (Edinburgh) 1891/97; Ernest Nicolini 1897/1904; W.E. Hill & Sons 1904/13; Richard Bennett (Southport, Lancashire) 1913/28; W.E. Hill & Sons 1931/39; Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, Hill Collection 1939
  • 1872, Londra: Special Exhibition at South Kensington; 2012, Oxford: Stradivarius; 2016, Cremona: Lo Stradivari Messia torna a Cremona
  • Fétis 1851; Engel 1872; Vidal 1889; Hill W.E & Sons 1891; Balfour & Co. 1901; Hill 1902; The Strad 1931 (II); Doring 1940 (IV); S. a. 1944 (VI); Doring 1945; Doring (IV); Jalovec 1952; Boyden 1969; Goodkind 1972; Hill 1976; Boyden 1979; AA. VV. 1985 (II); Charlton 1985; Draley 1990; Gand 1994; Campos 1998; Dilworth 2001 (II); Frazier 2007; Whistler 2008; Dilworth 2010 (IV); Greiner 2010; Pollens 2010; Dilworth 2011; Milnes 2011; AA. VV. 2012
creato:giovedì 8 marzo 2012
modificato:giovedì 23 marzo 2017