Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1715, the 'Russian'
Viola: 44452
Bearing its original label, "Antonius Stradiuarius Cremonesis / Faciebat Anno 1715."
Back: Two-piece
Scroll: original
Ribs: One-piece on the bottom, and never unglued from the back
Varnish: Orange
Length of back: 41.0 cm
Upper bouts: 18.6 cm
Middle bouts: 13.35 cm
Lower bouts: 24.1 cm
Provenance
| in 1870 | Serge Wolkoff |
| until 1919 | R. V. Zhivago |
| from 1919 | Russian State Collection, Moscow |
References
I Capolavori Cremonesi della Royal Academy of Music, Consorzio Liutai Antonio Stradivari, Cremona (illustrated)- ROSIZO State Museum
- Stradivari E I Grandi Liutai Cremonesi Dall'U.R.S.S., Cremona (illustrated)
I Capolavori Cremonesi della Royal Academy of Music, Consorzio Liutai Antonio Stradivari, Cremona (illustrated)
