Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1724, the 'von Schwerin'
Violin: 43098
The top, also by Stradivari but from the mid 1690s and not original to the instrument.
Back: Two-piece
Length of back: 35.7 cm
Upper bouts: 16.8 cm
Middle bouts: 11.2 cm
Lower bouts: 20.6 cm
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Notes:
Jacques Frqancais notes: "Patches to and back, Wurlitzer says top and back not the same period."The Jacques Francais Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Washington, DC
Provenance
| von Shwerin | |
| until 1963 | Jacques Français |
| from 1963 | Current owner |
References
The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Box 57 (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)
The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Box 57 (illustrated)
