Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1720, the 'Gillott'

Small Violin: 41418

FIT TO SCREEN FULL SIZE

Bearing its original label, "Antonius Stradiuarius Cremonensis Faciebat Anno 1720 AS."

Back: Two-piece of medium curl descending slightly from the joint

Top: of fine grain

Scroll: Carved shield in place of scroll

Ribs: of wood similar to back

Varnish: Golden-brown

Length of back: 26.7 cm

Upper bouts: 12.7 cm

Lower bouts: 15.2 cm

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Notes:

A 1/4-size violin. Peg-box terminates in a shield instead of the usual scroll.

Antonio Stradivari and His Instruments, William Henley, William Henley, Antonio Stradivari and His Instruments, Sussex

Instrument #181 at the South Kensington Special Exhibition of 1872.

Catalogue of the Special Exhibition at South Kensington, England, Carl Engel, Catalogue of the Special Exhibition at South Kensington, England, London

Instrument #1083 at the Special Loan Exhibition at Fishmongers Hall, London in 1904.

1904 Loan Exhibition at Fishmonger's Hall, Catalog for the Special Loan Exhibition of Musical Instruments, Manuscripts, Portraits and other Mementos, Fishmonger's Hall, London

ANTONIO STRADIVARI: BIOGRAPHY AND PRICE HISTORY
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Antonio Stradivari

Provenance

until 1848	Luigi Tarisio
from 1848	John Hart
until 1872	Joseph Gillott
in 1872	Sold by Christie's
1872-1883	George A. Chanot
from 1883	George Adolph Chanot
until 1895	W. W. Boreham
in 1895	Sold by Puttick & Simpson
...	...
in 1904	Mrs. Chapman
until 1942	J. G. Chapman
1942-1946	W. E. Hill & Sons
...	...
in 1983	Sold by Sotheby's
from 1983	Hans Schambach
in 1985	Schambach-Kaston Collection, Yale University
until 1999	Suntory Limited
from 1999	Osaka College of Music

Certificates & Documents

Letter: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1983)

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References

Catalog for the Special Loan Exhibition of Musical Instruments, Manuscripts, Portraits and other Mementos, Fishmonger's Hall, London
Antonio Stradivari and His Instruments, William Henley, Amati Publishing, Ltd., Sussex, 1961
Capolavori di Antonio Stradivari, Charles Beare, Arnoldo Mondadori S.p.A., Milan (illustrated)
Catalogue of the Special Exhibition at South Kensington, England, Carl Engel, South Kensington Museum, London
Four Centuries of Violin Making: Fine Instruments from the Sotheby's Archive, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, Boston (illustrated)
Joseph Gillott, Cozio Carteggio feature, John Dilworth, Feb 2020
Sotheby's Highly Important Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, April 7, 1983, Part I, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)
The Schambach-Kaston Collection of Musical Instruments, Richard T. Rephann, Yale University Collection of Musical Instruments, New Haven (illustrated)