Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1720, the 'Mendelssohn, 'Red Violin''

Violin: 40316

FIT TO SCREEN FULL SIZE

Bearing its original label, "Antonio Stradivari Cremonensis / Faciebat Anno 1720."

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

Top: of medium grain

Scroll: of wood similar to back

Ribs: of wood similar to back

Varnish: Red over a golden ground

Length of back: 35.4 cm

Upper bouts: 16.7 cm

Middle bouts: 10.75 cm

Lower bouts: 20.6 cm

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Notes:

Listed as 1720 in Goodkind.

The Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Larchmont, NY

This is the instrument upon which the film "The Red Violin" is loosely based.

Provenance

Elizabeth Pitcairn

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Antonius Stradivarius (Volumes I-IV), Jost Thöne, Jan Röhrmann, Alessandra Barabaschi, Jost Thöne Verlag, Cologne, 2010 (illustrated)
Christie's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, November 21, 1990, London, Christie's, Christie's, London (illustrated)
https://www.christies.com/departments/exceptionalprices.asp?DID=42
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)