Omobono Felice Stradivari, Cremona, 1740
Violin: 49421
Back: Two-piece with narrow figure running more or less horizontally
Top: of medium width, quite open towards the bass flank
Scroll: plain
Ribs: of wood similar to back (the center ribs are not original)
Varnish: Brown-orange on a lighter ground
Length of back: 35.7 cm
Upper bouts: 16.8 cm
Lower bouts: 20.8 cm
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Provenance
| in 2004 | Gabriel Messina |
| from 2007 | Chi-Mei Culture Foundation |
| in c. 2010 | Chi-Mei Culture Foundation |
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: John & Arthur Beare, London (2004)
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References
Antonio Stradivari - Catalogue of the 2008 Exhibit in Montpelier, Peter Biddulph, Frédéric Chaudière & John Dilworth, Musée Fabre / Actes Sud, Montpelier (illustrated)- Correspondence with Dai-Ting Chung, consultant for the Chi-Mei Foundation, November, 2007
- Cremona 1730-1750: the Olympus of Violin Making, Christopher Reuning, editor, Consorzio Liutai Antonio Stradivari, Cremona (illustrated)
- Private Archives - 10072
- The Legend of Italian Violins: Brescian and Cremonese Violin Makers 1550-1950, Dai Ting Chung, Wen-Lo Shi (illustrated)
Antonio Stradivari - Catalogue of the 2008 Exhibit in Montpelier, Peter Biddulph, Frédéric Chaudière & John Dilworth, Musée Fabre / Actes Sud, Montpelier (illustrated)
