Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1690, the 'Barjansky'

Cello: 41607

FIT TO SCREEN FULL SIZE

Label dated 1684.

Back: Two-piece

Scroll: In fruitwood and also by Stradivari, but from a different piece of wood as the rest of the instrument. Original neck.

Length of back: 76.0 cm

Upper bouts: 34 cm

Middle bouts: 23.1 cm

Lower bouts: 43.6 cm

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Provenance

	Sold by Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume
	Marquis de Pluvié
	Jules Gallay
	Louis Vidoudez
in 1871	Comte de Poilloüe de Saint Périer de Kergorlay
until 1909	Caressa & Français
in 1909	Sold by George Hart
from 1909	Dr Sergei Barjansky
from 1922	Henri Quersin
in 1963	R. van de Kerchove
...	...
in 1983	Sold by Sotheby's
from 1983	Anonymous
from c. 2020	Current owner

Gaillard, Julian Lloyd Webber

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Antonius Stradivarius (Volumes I-IV), Jost Thöne, Jan Röhrmann, Alessandra Barabaschi, Jost Thöne Verlag, Cologne, 2010 (illustrated)
The Strad, 1909, London, Nov 1909 (illustrated)
How Many Strads? (1999 edition), Doring, Bein & Fushi, Bein & Fushi, Chicago, 1999
Mostra di Antonio Stradivari (Palazzo Borromeo - Isola Bella), Turris Editrice, Cremona (illustrated)
Sale Book, 1870-1936, The Jacques Francais Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Sotheby's Highly Important Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, Part II, June 23, 1983, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)
The Strad, October, 1983, Brian Jones, London (illustrated)

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