Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1717, the 'Gariel, Stark'
Violin: 41424
Bearing its original label.
Back: One-piece cut on the quarter, marked with a handsome curly flame
Top: Two curls appear just below the right sound hole and there is a slight curve in the grain on the left side
Scroll: matches back
Ribs: matches back
Varnish: Transparent red on a golden-yellow background
Length of back: 35.3 cm
Upper bouts: 16.3 cm
Middle bouts: 11.6 cm
Lower bouts: 20.2 cm
Provenance
| Luigi Tarisio | |
| Sold by Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume | |
| in 1881 and until 1917 | Charles Marie Gariel |
| ... | ... |
| in 1917 | Sold by Caressa & Français |
| 1917-1919 | Julio de Ygartua |
| from 1919 | Caressa & Français |
| Derivaux | |
| Maucotel & Deschamps | |
| Sold by Hamma & Co. | |
| Sold by O. H. Bryant | |
| 1932-1962 | Samuel L. Crocker |
| until 2010 | Jaime Laredo |
| from 2011 | Current owner |
Known players
Jaime Laredo, Nicola Benedetti
References
- How Many Strads? (1999 edition), Doring, Bein & Fushi, Bein & Fushi, Chicago, 1999
Violins & Violinists, July-August, 1946, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago (illustrated)
Jamie Laredo- The Strad, February, 2000, Emmanuel Gradoux-Matt, Orpheus, London (illustrated)
- The Strad, May, 1944, London (illustrated)
- The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)
- Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, NY (illustrated)