Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1685, the 'Gagliano'
Violin: 43841
Back: One-piece cut on the slab
Top: by Alessandro Gagliano, of very fine grain, widening slightly towards the flanks
Scroll: not original
Ribs: cut on the quarter
Varnish: Golden-brown
Length of back: 35.65 cm
Upper bouts: 16.7 cm
Middle bouts: 11 cm
Lower bouts: 20.55 cm
Notes:
Valued informally by "Expert X" at $300,000 - $500,000. Charles Beare informally valued the instrument at $300,000.New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Report of the Trustee Review Panel concerning the Golden Age Collection, December 16, 2004
Provenance
| in 2002 and until 2003 | Dr Herbert R. Axelrod |
| 2003-2007 | New Jersey Symphony Orchestra |
| from 2007 | Current owner |
Certificates & Documents
- Insurance valuation: Machold Rare Violins, Ltd, Vienna (2002) Values the instrument at $1.2 million.
Certificate: Peter Biddulph, London (2000) Made by “Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, ca. 1685 with the exception of the front … The scroll is a later replacement…. The front, by Alessandro Gagliano of Naples, ca. 1700, ….”
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References
Evelyn & Herbert Axelrod Stringed Instrument Collection, Herbert Axelrod (illustrated)- New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Collection brochure from Violin Advisor, LLC, April, 2007
- New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Report of the Trustee Review Panel concerning the Golden Age Collection, December 16, 2004