Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1686, the 'Frances Day'
Violin: 40754
Bearing its original label but the date has been altered.
Back: Two-piece
Scroll: from a later period, circa 1709
Length of back: 35.6 cm
Upper bouts: 16.9 cm
Middle bouts: 11.5 cm
Lower bouts: 20.9 cm
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Notes:
Also dated 1684-5 and 1680-89.The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Washington, DC
Provenance
| Carey | |
| Frances Day | |
| in 1940 | Joseph P. Day |
| from 1942 | H. K. Headley |
| in 1961 | Current owner |
References
Antonio Stradivari and His Instruments, William Henley, Amati Publishing, Ltd., Sussex, 1961 (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)