di Stradivari Antonio

1665-70 - Violin "Back"

Back of two pieces of curly maple with narrow curl almost horizontal, similar to that of the violin Aranyi of 1666/67. Scroll possibly later.

Date and Place: 1665-70, Cremona
Label: Antonius Stradiuarius Cremonensis faciebat Anno 1669 (not original)
Length of body: 35,20 cm
Width, upper bouts: 15,85 cm
Width, center bouts: 10,11 cm
Width, lower bouts: 19,45 cm
Length of pegbox: 10,60 cm
Width, upper pegobx: 4,1 cm
Certificates: Chardon & Fils, Paris, October 15, 1958; Chardon & Fils, Paris, April 19, 1961; Peter Biddulph, London, March 27, 2023
Provenance: Gann; P. H. Doe; Joan Doc-Girandou; Oscar Back (Holborn) 1957; Chardon & Fils (Paris) 1958; Jean Michel 1958; Josefowitz (Fridart Foundation, Geneva) 2000; Dr. David; Royal Academy of Music (London) 2000
Exhibitions: 2003, Cremona: I capolavori della Royal Academy of Music
Bibliography specifies: Rattray 2000; Sotheby's 2000 (IV); Grissino-Sheppard-Cleaveland 2003; AA. VV. 2003; Brandmair-Greiner 2010;
Comments: Passed by Tarisio Auction's, London, March 2023