Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, c. 1718, the 'Székely, Michelangelo'
Violin: 43092
Labeled, "Antonius Stradivarius Cremonensis faciebat anno 1718."
Back: Two-piece
Length of back: 35.4 cm
Upper bouts: 16.2 cm
Middle bouts: 10.65 cm
Lower bouts: 20.3 cm
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Provenance
| Count Ignazio Alessandro Cozio di Salabue | |
| Sold by Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume | |
| Count de Cabriac | |
| until 1928 | Maucotel & Deschamps |
| 1928-1948 | Jaap de Graaff-Bachiene |
| 1948-2001 | Zoltán Székely |
| 2003-2011 | Eugene Fodor |
| 2011-2011 | Philip Greenberg |
| from 2011 | Current owner |
Known players
Zoltán Székely
Certificates & Documents
- Dendrochronology report: Peter Ratcliff, London (2019) Dates the latest rings of the bass and treble sides as 1704 and 1701, respectively.
Certificate: John & Arthur Beare, London (2003)- Insurance valuation: Étienne Vatelot (photocopy), Paris (1966)
Letter: Maucotel & Deschamps (1937) To Mr. Jaap de Graaff.- Receipt: Maucotel & Deschamps (1928)
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References
Antonius Stradivarius (Volumes I-IV), Jost Thöne, Jan Röhrmann, Alessandra Barabaschi, Jost Thöne Verlag, Cologne, 2010 (illustrated)- Private Archives - 1610
- Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, NY (illustrated)