The Cozio Archive
Welcome to Cozio, the world’s largest reference resource for buyers, sellers and connoisseurs of fine stringed instruments and bows.
Founded in 2003 as a public registry of iconography, provenance and pricing information for historical stringed instruments, Cozio encompasses over 36,000 individual instruments and bows by over 3,500 makers. It is also the most comprehensive online source for maker biographies and provenance information, and contains over 57,000 historical auction prices.
Although most of Cozio is available to the public by subscription, it also contains photographs, documents and records of instruments and bows that are accessible only by request. If you would like information about any item that is not publicly available, please contact us.
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Omobono Stradivari, the ‘Josefowitz’ of c. 1725-1730
In this week's Carteggio, Matthew Huber, head of Tarisio London, introduces a superb violin by Omobono Stradivari, the second son of Antonio. Instruments made by Omobono are exceptionally rare and provide great insight into the impact that Omobono had on his father's instruments. The 'Josefowitz' is the highlight of our March sale in London.
By Matthew HuberOmobono Felice Stradivari (1679 – 1742) was the youngest son of the Cremonese titan Antonio Stradivari from his first marriage to Francesca Ferraboschi in 1667. Together with his elder brother Francesco (1671 – 1743), Omobono assisted his father in the workshop. Francesco had an eight year head start, and Omobono’s frequent and extended absences away […]
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