Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1714, the 'Soil'

Violin: 1954

FIT TO SCREEN FULL SIZE

Back: in two pieces with broad flame ascending from the center joint.

Top: in two pieces of narrow to medium width flame.

Scroll: similar.

Ribs: of medium width flame.

Varnish: of a golden orange color.

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Notes:

"In the opinion of many informed listeners, this is the greatest sounding Stradivari of them all."

Capolavori di Antonio Stradivari, Charles Beare, Charles Beare, Capolavori di Antonio Stradivari, Milan

Provenance

until 1859	Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume
from 1859	Massaloff
1874-1911	Amédée Soil
in 1911	Sold by Caressa & Français
1911-1946	Oscar Bondy
1946-1948	J. Frank Otwell
1950-1986	Yehudi Menuhin
in 1951	Sold by Rembert Wurlitzer Inc.
from 1951	Emil Herrmann, New York
from 1986	Current owner

Itzhak Perlman, Yehudi Menuhin

Cozio holds copies of many certificates and other documents, some of which are available to view on request. Please contact us if you wish to view a particular document. (Note that we do not always have permission to share documents.)

Antonio Stradivari: His Life & Work (1644-1737), W. Henry, Arthur F. & Alfred E. Hill, William E. Hill & Sons, London, 1902
Capolavori di Antonio Stradivari, Charles Beare, Arnoldo Mondadori S.p.A., Milan (illustrated)
Violins & Violinists, January, 1947, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago (illustrated)
Meister Italienischer Geigenbaukunst (8th Edition), Hamma & Co., Florian Noetzel Verlag, Wilhelmshaven (illustrated)
The Strad, December, 1987, John Dilworth, London (illustrated)
The Strad, April, 1989, Orpheus, London (illustrated)
Private Archives - 10842
Stradivari, Stewart Pollens, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2010 (illustrated)
Stradivarius
The 'Secrets' of Stradivari, Simone Fernando Sacconi, Eric Blot Edizioni, Cremona (illustrated)
The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)
The Strad 2010 Calendar: Violin Heroes, Newsquest Specialist Media, London (illustrated)
Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, NY (illustrated)
W. E. Hill & Sons Photographic Archive (illustrated)