di Stradivari Antonio

1737 - Violin "Swan - Chant du Cygne"

Back of two pieces of curly maple on medium curl, glued in a herringbone pattern with apex at the top. Golden-brown varnish with red tinge.

Date and Place: 1737, Cremona
Label: Antonius Stradivarius Cremonensis / Faciebat Anno 1737 / D'Anni 93 (original)
Length of body: 35.7 cm
Width, upper bouts: 16.4 cm
Width, lower bouts: 20.5 cm
Certificates: W. E. Hill & Sons, London; Caressa & Français, Paris; Wurlitzer, New York
Position: Zeri van Neufeld
Players: Joseph White 1918; Zlatko Balokovic 1937
Provenance: Luigi Tarisio 1825; Professor Pietro Bertuzzi 1840; Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume (Paris) 1840; Nagornoff 1870; David Laurie (Glasgow) 1879; Marquis de St. Senoch 1885/86; Edgar de Saint-Senoch 1886; Joseph White 1886; Colonel Mattre 1913; Courvoisier (Paris) 1919; Jean Louis; Caressa & Français (Paris) 1927; Rodman Wanamaker (New York) 1927/29; Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. 1929; Frank Miles Yount (Beaumont, Texas) 1931; Zlatko Balokovic (New York) 1934/55; Dr. Reuther (Markneukirchen) 1959; Zeri van Neufeld
Bibliography specifies: De Wit 1886; Laurie 1900; Hill 1902; Windust 1909; Bachman 1925; Doring 1945; Jalovec 1952; Doring 1955; Jalovec 1957; Henley 1961; Jalovec 1963 (II); Jalovec 1964; Jalovec 1968; Gingrich 1970; Goodkind 1972; Orcutt 1977