Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1737, the 'Swan, Chant du Cygne'
Violin: 40540
Photo courtesy of Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. For more information, contact Archivescenter@si.edu. (Digital images created using a handheld digital camera.)
Bearing its original label, "Antonius Stradivarius Cremonensis / Faciebat Anno 1737 / D'Anno 93."
Back: Two-piece
Varnish: Golden-brown with tinge of red
Length of back: 35.7 cm
Upper bouts: 16.4 cm
Lower bouts: 20.5 cm
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Notes:
Regarded as the last work of Stradivari.How Many Strads?, Doring, Bein & Fushi, Doring, Bein & Fushi, How Many Strads? (1999 edition), Chicago
Illustrated in The Strad, July 1909.
Antonio Stradivari and His Instruments, William Henley, William Henley, Antonio Stradivari and His Instruments, Sussex
Provenance
| until 1825 | Luigi Tarisio |
| until 1840 | Professor Pietro Bertuzzi |
| from 1840 | Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume |
| from 1870 | Nagornoff |
| from 1879 | David Laurie |
| 1885-1886 | Marquis de St. Senoch |
| in 1886 | Sold by Hôtel Drouot |
| from 1886 | Edgar de Saint-Senoch |
| from 1886 | Joseph White |
| from 1913 | Colonel Mattre |
| from 1919 | Jean Louis Courvoisier |
| until 1927 | Caressa & Français |
| 1927-1929 | Rodman Wanamaker |
| from 1929 | Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. |
| in 1931 | Frank Miles Yount |
| ... | ... |
| from 1934 and in 1955 | Zlatko Balokovic |
| from 1959 | Current owner |
Known players
Joseph White, Zlatko Balokovic
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London- Certificate: Caressa & Français, Paris
- Certificate: Wurlitzer, New York, NY
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References
A Thousand Mornings of Music, Arnold Gingrich, Crown Publishers, New York (illustrated)- An Encyclopedia of the Violin
- Antonio Stradivari and His Instruments, William Henley, Amati Publishing, Ltd., Sussex, 1961
- Antonio Stradivari: His Life & Work (1644-1737), W. Henry, Arthur F. & Alfred E. Hill, William E. Hill & Sons, London, 1902
- Beautiful Italian Violins, Karel Jalovec, Paul Hamlyn, London, 1963 (illustrated)
- Encyclopedia of Violin-Makers, Volume 2, Karel Jalovec, Paul Hamlyn Ltd., London (illustrated)
- How Many Strads? (1999 edition), Doring, Bein & Fushi, Bein & Fushi, Chicago, 1999 (illustrated)
- Italian Violin Makers (1964), Karel Jalovec, Paul Hamlyn, London, 1964 (illustrated)
- Italienische Geigenbauer (1957), Karel Jalovec, Artia, Prague, 1957 (illustrated)
- The Strad, 1909, Ernest Windust, London, Jul 1909 (illustrated)
- The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Box 43 (illustrated)
- The Stradivarius Memorial Association
- Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, NY (illustrated)
A Thousand Mornings of Music, Arnold Gingrich, Crown Publishers, New York (illustrated)
