Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1704, the 'Liebieg, Schneiderhan'

Violin: 40206

FIT TO SCREEN FULL SIZE

Bearing its original label, "Antonius Stradivarius Cremonensis Faciebat Anno 1704 AS."

Back: Two-piece of broad curl descending from the joint

Top: of fine grain in the center, opening out towards the flanks

Scroll: of medium curl

Ribs: of curl similar to back

Varnish: Orange-brown

Length of back: 35.4 cm

Upper bouts: 16.7 cm

Middle bouts: 10.8 cm

Lower bouts: 20.7 cm

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Provenance

until 1894	Mrs. Dowbigging
1894-1895	W. E. Hill & Sons
1895-1908	W. M. Scott
from 1908	W. E. Hill & Sons
until 1911	Albert Caressa
from 1911	Baron Alfred von Liebig
	Sold by Hamma & Co.
	Sold by Georg Rauer
in 1937	Hermine Rauer
	Sold by Henry Werro
until 1952	Hermine Rauer
1952-1991	Wolfgang Schneiderhan
from 1991	Rony Rogoff
in 2004	Velux Foundation
until 2009	John & Arthur Beare
from 2009	Foundation Dkfm Angelika Prokopp Privatstiftung

Nikolaj Znaider, Wolfgang Schneiderhan

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Antonius Stradivarius (Volumes I-IV), Jost Thöne, Jan Röhrmann, Alessandra Barabaschi, Jost Thöne Verlag, Cologne, 2010 (illustrated)
How Many Strads? (1999 edition), Doring, Bein & Fushi, Bein & Fushi, Chicago, 1999
Italian Violin Makers (1964), Karel Jalovec, Paul Hamlyn, London, 1964
Italienische Geigenbauer (1957), Karel Jalovec, Artia, Prague, 1957 (illustrated)
L'Esposizione di Liuteria Antica a Cremona nel 1937, Comitato Stradivariano, Cremona (illustrated)
Meister Italienischer Geigenbaukunst (8th Edition), Hamma & Co., Florian Noetzel Verlag, Wilhelmshaven (illustrated)
National Arts Centre | Canada is our stage
Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, November 7, 1991, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)
The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)
Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, NY (illustrated)