Iconography Index

Black-and-white photo (close-up of C-bout and corners & scroll block): The 'Secrets' of Stradivari, Simone F. Sacconi, Eric Blot Edizioni, Cremona, 2000.

Black-and-white photo (f-hole): Capolavori di Antonio Stradivari, Charles Beare, Arnoldo Mondadori S.p.A., Milan, 1987.

Black-and-white photos (front & back & inside of front & back): The Jacques Francais Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.

Black-and-white photos (front, back & scroll): Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, New York, 1972.

Black-and-white photos (front, back, scroll, f-hole & C-bout): Meister Italienischer Geigenbaukunst (8th Edition), Walter Hamma, Florian Noetzel Verlag, Wilhelmshaven, 1993.

Black-and-white photos (front, back, side, scroll and f-hole): "How Many Strads?", Ernest N. Doring, Violins & Violinists, January, 1947, 1947.

Color photos (front & back): "Ne Plus Ultra", John Dilworth, The Strad, December, 1987, 1987.

Color photos (front & back): Capolavori di Antonio Stradivari, Charles Beare, Arnoldo Mondadori S.p.A., Milan, 1987.

Digital color photos (front, back & scroll): http://www.tarisio.com/archives/index.php

Notes

"In the opinion of many, this is the greatest sounding Stradivari of them all. Bears Paolo Stradivaris initials ("P.S.") on the inner surface of the neck where it enters the peg-box."

Capolavori di Antonio Stradivari, Charles Beare, Arnoldo Mondadori S.p.A., Milan, 1987.

Provenance

Owner	Owned From	Owned In	Owned Till	Price paid
Itzhak Perlman	1986
Yehudi Menuhin	1950		1986
Emil Herrmann			1950
...
J. Frank Otwell (Wilmington, Delaware)	1946
Oscar Bondy (Vienna)	1911		1946
Caressa & Francais (Paris)	1911		1911
Amédée Soil (Tournai)	1874		1911
...
Massaloff (Moscow)	1859
Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume (Paris)			1859
...

 Current owner
 Indicates that the owner is or was also a musician

Players

Name	Played From	Played In	Played To
Itzhak Perlman	1986
Cho-Liang Lin	1981		1982
Yehudi Menuhin	1950		1986
...

 Current player
 Indicates that the musician is or was also an owner of one or more instruments

Certificates

Certificate: Caressa & Francais, Paris, March 8, 1901

References

Antonio Stradivari: His Life & Work (1644-1737), W. Henry, Arthur F. & Alfred E. Hill, William E. Hill & Sons, London, 1902.

Capolavori di Antonio Stradivari, Charles Beare, Arnoldo Mondadori S.p.A., Milan, 1987.

How Many Strads?, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago, 1945.

Meister Italienischer Geigenbaukunst (8th Edition), Walter Hamma, Florian Noetzel Verlag, Wilhelmshaven, 1993.

The 'Secrets' of Stradivari, Simone F. Sacconi, Eric Blot Edizioni, Cremona, 2000.

Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, New York, 1972.

Order "How Many Strads? - Supplemental", Violins & Violinists, October-November, 1947, 1947.

"How Many Strads?", Ernest N. Doring, Violins & Violinists, January, 1947, 1947.

"Ne Plus Ultra", John Dilworth, The Strad, December, 1987, 1987.

http://www.sheilascorner.com/strad.html

http://www.stringsmagazine.com/issues/Strings98/CoverStory.html

http://www.tarisio.com/archives/index.php

Sale Book, 1870-1936, The Jacques Francais Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.

The Jacques Francais Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.