Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1699, the 'Auer, Benvenuti'
Violin: 93539
Back: One-piece
Length of back: 36.1 cm
Provenance
| Monsieur Mayer | |
| Achilles Nikolayevich Alferaki | |
| from c. 1890 | Leopold Auer |
| Alexis Andreeff | |
| in c. 1930 | Sold by Maucotel & Deschamps |
| ... | ... |
| in c. 1950 | Sold by Charles Enel |
| from 1950 | Joseph Benvenuti |
| from 1984 | Jean-Jacques Kantorow |
| Violin Assets | |
| from 2014 | Current owner |
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Peter Biddulph, London (2014) '…I consider this violin to be a fine example of the master's work, currently in a very good state of preservation.'
Letter: Maucotel & Deschamps (1930) Refers to another certificate they made but which is lost.- Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1930)
- Dendrochronology report: Arjan Versteeg Bass 1671-1486, Diskant 1676-1493
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