Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1717, the 'Piatti'
Violin: 40503
Bearing its original label, "Antonius Stradiuarius Cremonensis Faciebat Anno 1717 AS."
Back: Two-piece of medium to broad curl descending from the joint
Top: of very fine grain in the center, opening out towards the flanks
Scroll: of faint broad curl
Ribs: of wood similar to back
Varnish: Orange-red
Length of back: 35.4 cm
Lower bouts: 20.65 cm
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Notes:
Illustrated in The Strad, Dec. 1985.How Many Strads?, Doring, Bein & Fushi, Doring, Bein & Fushi, How Many Strads? (1999 edition), Chicago
Provenance
| John Betts | |
| Sir Rowland Watkin Wynn | |
| George Ashley | |
| until 1836 | Emmington |
| in 1836 | Arthur Betts |
| from 1836 | Henderson |
| until 1862 | Simon Andrew Forster |
| 1862-1868 | Alfredo Piatti |
| 1868-1892 | John Pawle |
| ... | ... |
| from 1892 and in 1906 | Gabriele Wietrowitz |
| ... | ... |
| in 1920 | Sold by Nathan E. Posner |
| 1920-1923 | Dr. Eugenio Sturchio |
| 1923-1928 | John W. Coggeshall |
| 1928-1930 | Nathan E. Posner |
| 1928-1930 | Alfred O. Corbin |
| in 1930 | Sold by Nathan E. Posner |
| 1930-1931 | Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. |
| from 1931 | Frank Miles Yount |
| in 1949 | Sold by Lyon & Healy |
| C. Michael Paul | |
| in 1986 | Sold by Sotheby's |
| until 1986 | Raymonde I. Paul |
| ... | ... |
| in c. 2015 | Current owner |
Known players
Hrachya Avanesyan, Yossif Ivanov
Certificates & Documents
Letter: Lyon & Healy, Chicago, IL (1953)
Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1931) "A good and typical example of this period of the maker's work, very similar in general proportions to the celebrated example known as 'The Dolphin', of the year 1714."- Letter: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1931)
- Certificate: Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., New York, NY (1931)
- Letter: Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., New York, NY (1931)
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References
- Antonio Stradivari - Catalogue of the 2008 Exhibit in Montpelier
- Antonio Stradivari: His Life & Work (1644-1737), W. Henry, Arthur F. & Alfred E. Hill, William E. Hill & Sons, London, 1902
Violins & Violinists, April, 1938, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago (illustrated)- Erlesene Streichinstrumente der Firma Koeckert, Renata Koeckert, Renata Koeckert, o.A, Munich (illustrated)
- Four Centuries of Violin Making: Fine Instruments from the Sotheby's Archive, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, Boston (illustrated)
- How Many Strads? (1999 edition), Doring, Bein & Fushi, Bein & Fushi, Chicago, 1999 (illustrated)
- Lyon & Healy Collection of Rare Old Violins (1949), Lyon & Healy, Chicago (illustrated)
Official Website | Carnegie Hall- Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, March 19, 1986, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)
- Sotheby's Photo Archive
- 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)