Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1693, the 'Ries'

Violin: 40772

FIT TO SCREEN FULL SIZE

Bearing its original label.

Back: One-piece

Top: of fine grain

Varnish: Reddish brown

Length of back: 36.2 cm

Upper bouts: 16 cm

Middle bouts: 11 cm

Lower bouts: 20.2 cm

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Provenance

in 1850	François van Hal
...	...
1860-1867	Henri Leonard
1867-1876	W. Langhaus
from 1876	Franz Riess
	Sold by Hamma & Co.
in 1929	Sold by Emil Herrmann, New York
...	...
from 1929 and in 1945	Alexander Mackay Smith
...	...
from 1951	Current owner

Catherine Wade Smith, Franz Ries

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Antonio Stradivari and His Instruments, William Henley, Amati Publishing, Ltd., Sussex, 1961 (illustrated)
Beautiful Italian Violins, Karel Jalovec, Paul Hamlyn, London, 1963 (illustrated)
How Many Strads? (1999 edition), Doring, Bein & Fushi, Bein & Fushi, Chicago, 1999 (illustrated)
Die Kunst Des Geigenbaues (1930), Otto Möckel, Bernhard Friedrich Voigt, Leipzig (illustrated)
L'Esposizione di Liuteria Antica a Cremona nel 1937, Comitato Stradivariano, Cremona (illustrated)
The Strad, September, 2006, Florian Leonhard, Newsquest Specialist Media, London (illustrated)
The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)
The Stradivarius Memorial Association
Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, NY (illustrated)

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