Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1726, the 'Guitar Strad, Braga, Chanot-Chardon'

Violin: 41483

FIT TO SCREEN FULL SIZE

Labeled, "Antonius Stradivarius Cremonesis / Faciebat Anno 1718."

Back: Two-piece of plain wood

Top: of even and rather open-grained pine

Ribs: Cut on the slab and marked by a faint very small curl

Varnish: Light brown

Length of back: 35.7 cm

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Originally built as a violino d'amore and modified to be a violin more than 100 years ago.

An unusual Stradivari, The Strad, December, 1964, London

Provenance

	John Alvery Turner
in 1859	Captain Francis Taylor
...	...
in 1890	Mrs. Griffith
...	...
in 1907	Miss Taylor
until 1945	Mrs. Lilian Cooper
from 1945	Pugh
until 1951	W. E. Hill & Sons
...	...
from 1951 and in 1964	John V. Braga
in 1964	George Whitman
in 1968	Sold by Rembert Wurlitzer Inc.
from 1968	Anonymous
from 1987	Joshua Bell
in 2004	Timothy Baker
	Current owner

Joshua Bell, Simone Lamsma, Timothy Baker

Certificate: Machold Rare Violins, Ltd, Vienna (2008) #X-4475.
Letter: Charles Beare, London (1968) To Mr. Duffy.
Certificate: Rembert Wurlitzer Inc. (photocopy), New York, NY (1968) scroll not original
Letter: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1951) To John V. Braga.
Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1951)

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The Strad, December, 1964, London (illustrated)
Andrew Schaw | Connoisseur and Dealer in Violins, Violas, Cellos, and Bows | Home
Antonio Stradivari and His Instruments, William Henley, Amati Publishing, Ltd., Sussex, 1961
Miami.com | Miami Herald
Monterey Herald – Monterey News: Breaking News, Sports, Business, Entertainment & Monterey News
The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Box 44 (illustrated)
Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, NY (illustrated)
W. E. Hill & Sons Photographic Archive (illustrated)