Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1715, the 'Aurea'
Violin: 41366
Bearing its original label, "Antonius Stradiuarius Cremonensis / Faciebat Anno 1715."
Back: Two-piece of medium curl slanting upwards from the joint
Top: of even medium grain
Scroll: of broad curl
Ribs: of narrower curl
Varnish: Red-brown over a golden ground
Length of back: 35.8 cm
Upper bouts: 16.85 cm
Middle bouts: 11 cm
Lower bouts: 20.8 cm
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Notes:
Due to an injury to his fingers, Professor Bartl had the violin modified so that he could play it left-handed. In 1909, probably with a new owner, it was restored to its original right-hand form.Provenance
| Professor Bartl | |
| Stradivari Stiftung Habisreutinger, Switzerland | |
| in 1966 | Current owner |
Known players
Anna Brunner, Bartek Niziol, Gérard Poulet, Ziaoming Wang
References
Alte Meistergeigen: Band III und IV, Die Cremoneser Schule / Antonius Stradivarius, Verband Schweizerischer Geigenbaumeister, Verlag Edwin Bochinsky, Frankfurt am Main (illustrated)
Amar Quartett- Antonius Stradivarius (Volumes I-IV), Jost Thöne, Jan Röhrmann, Alessandra Barabaschi, Jost Thöne Verlag, Cologne, 2010 (illustrated)
- FESTIVAL 2019
- Playing Second Fiddle to Their Instruments, January 23, 2009
- Private Archives - 10746
- Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, NY (illustrated)