di Stradivari Antonio

1708 - Violin "Davidoff"

Soundboard of two pieces of spruce. Back of one piece of curly maple cut on the slab and with irregular medium curl almost horizontal. Ribs and scroll of curly maple. Warm orange-red varnish.

  • 1708, Cremona
  • Antonio Stradivarius Cremonensis / Faciebat Anno 1708 (original)
  • In the catalogs of the exhibition in Cremona in 1937 is dated 1716
  • 35.9 cm
  • 16.8 cm
  • 11.1 cm
  • 20.5 cm
  • 2.95 - 3.1 cm
  • Paris (F), Musée de la Musique
  • E.1111
  • Legate of the General Vladimir Alezandrovitch Davidoff 02/04/1887
  • Dendrochronological analysis by John C. Topham, Surrey: youngest ring is 1697
  • Karl Davidov
  • Gand & Bernadel, Paris, June 30, 1890 (cleaning and bonding in different parts; repair of a button punctured); Emile Français, Paris, November 1942 (disassembly of the instrument, fracture repair - especially in the ribs near the neck, fittings varnish ); Vatelot Etienne, Paris, October 15, 1963 (setup); Vatelot Etienne, Paris, May 25, 1965 (complete revision, setup, replacement of the button).
  • Davidoff acquired the instrument in Russia
  • General Davidoff 1880; Musée du Conservatoire Superieur de Musique (Paris) 1887
  • 1937, Cremona: Mostra di Liuteria Antica Cremonese; 1985, Paris: La Facture Instrumental Europèenne: Suprématie National et Enrichissement Mutuel
  • Choquet 1884; Pillaut 1887; S. a. 1887 (II); Spuller 1888; Direction des Musées 1890/93; S. a. 1893 (IV); Hill 1902; Eudel 1907; S. a. 1937; AA. VV. 1938; Goodkind 1972; Bran-Ricci-Gétreau 1978; AA. VV. 1985; Gand 1994; Gétreau 1996; Topham 2000; Echard 2004; Echard 2010; Echard 2010 (II)

creato:giovedì 8 marzo 2012
modificato:martedì 18 aprile 2017