Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1702, the 'Lyall'

Violin: 40081

FIT TO SCREEN FULL SIZE

Labeled, "Antonius Stradivarius Cremonensis, Faciebat Anno 1702."

Back: in one piece of quarter cut maple with narrow irregular flame descending from the treble side.

Top: in two pieces of spruce with fine grain broadening considerably at the flanks.

Scroll: later, of a plainer maple.

Ribs: of similar wood with more pronounced figure.

Varnish: of an orange brown color.

Length of back: 35.6 cm

Upper bouts: 16.7 cm

Middle bouts: 11.2 cm

Lower bouts: 20.5 cm

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Provenance

	Anonymous
until 1910	George Hart
from 1910	Mrs. Lyall
until 1949	John & Arthur Beare
1949-1950	William Lewis & Son
1950-1984	Frank Kessler
in 1984	Sold by Sotheby Parke Bernet
until 1997	University of Western Ontario
in 2002	Sold by Kenneth Warren & Son
until 2017	Anonymous
in 2017	Sold by Tarisio Private Sales
from 2017	Current owner

Lara St. John, Stefan Milenkovich

Certificate: Kenneth Warren & Son, Chicago, IL (2002)
Certificate: William Lewis & Son, Chicago, IL (1951) Original is lost.
Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1949) Original is lost. States that the instrument is authentic except for the head, which is attributed to Joseph Rocca.
Certificate: John & Arthur Beare, London (1949) Original is lost.

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The Strad, December, 1987, John Dilworth, London (illustrated)
Sotheby Parke Bernet Important Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, January 18, 1984, New York, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, New York (illustrated)
Violins & Violinists, May, 1951, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago (illustrated)
Stradivari Society Recipients
The Lewis Collection of Old Violins, Violas, Cellos & Bows (Sep., 1950) (illustrated)
Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, NY (illustrated)