Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1708, the 'Regent, Superb'

Violin: 40149

FIT TO SCREEN FULL SIZE

Labeled, "Antonius Stradivarius Cremonensis, faciebat anno 1708."

Back: in one piece of quarter cut maple with medium-width flame ascending slightly from the treble side and bearing the same sap mark as Stradivari's 'Cathedrale' violin of 1707.

Top: in two pieces of spruce with medium-width grain broadening slightly toward the edges.

Scroll: of slightly broader flame.

Ribs: of similar wood to the back.

Varnish: of a deep red-brown color.

Length of back: 35.7 cm

Upper bouts: 16.75 cm

Middle bouts: 11.1 cm

Lower bouts: 20.6 cm

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ANTONIO STRADIVARI: BIOGRAPHY AND PRICE HISTORY
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Antonio Stradivari

Provenance

from 1824	Unknown
in 1941	Sold by Henry Werro
in 1941	Paul Werzinger-Burkhard
in 1942	Sold by Roger & Max Millant
in 1942	Albert Uhl
in 1946	Henry Werro
...	...
in 1963	Dr David Josefowitz
...	...
from 2015	Current owner

Known players

Ofer Falk, Tasmin Little

Certificates & Documents

Proforma Certificate: Tarisio, Berlin (2022)
Dendrochronology report: John C. Topham, Surrey (2000) Dating the youngest tree ring to 1697.
Letter certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons (photocopy), London (1946)
Letter certificate: Émile Français (photocopy), Paris (1942)
Letter certificate: Silvestre & Maucotel (photocopy), Paris (1942)
Letter certificate: Henry Werro (photocopy), Bern (1941)

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References

Antonio Stradivari and His Instruments, William Henley, Amati Publishing, Ltd., Sussex, 1961 (illustrated)
Masterpieces of Italian Violin Making, David Rattray, Outline Press, London (illustrated)
Mostra di Antonio Stradivari (Palazzo Borromeo - Isola Bella), Turris Editrice, Cremona (illustrated)
The Strad, January, 2000, Orpheus, London
Tasmin Little: String-driven thing, The Independent, August 2003
Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, NY (illustrated)
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