Iconography Index

Black-and-white photos (front, back & scroll): "How Many Strads? - Part Twenty", Ernest N. Doring, Violins & Violinists Magazine, September, 1940.

Black-and-white photos (front, back & side): How Many Strads?, Ernest N. Doring, 1945.

Black-and-white photos (front, back & side): Italian Violin-Makers, Karel Jalovec, Orbis, Prague, 1952.

Black-and-white photos (front, back & side): L'Esposizione di Liuteria Antica a Cremona nel 1937, Cremona.

Black-and-white photos (front, back & side): 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 & f-hole): Meisterwerke Italienischer Geigenbaukunst, Fridolin Hamma, Hamma & Co., 1932.

Notes

The violin has an inscription on the sides said to have been executed by Stradivari in compliance with the wish of the Duke. It reads: "In Domo Eius et Divitae," meaning "In his House Glory and Riches."

How Many Strads?, Ernest N. Doring, 1945.

Provenance

Owner	Owned From	Owned In	Owned Till	Price paid
...
Dr. Georg Talbot (Aachen)		1909
Hamma & Co. (Stuttgart)
...
Unknown				For members only
...
Dufresne (Logelbach)	1908
...
Sanz
Grand Duke San Lorenzo
...

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

Players

Name	Played From	Played In	Played To
...
David Garrett		2002
...

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

References

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

How Many Strads?, Ernest N. Doring, 1945.

Italian Violin-Makers, Karel Jalovec, Orbis, Prague, 1952.

L'Esposizione di Liuteria Antica a Cremona nel 1937, Cremona.

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

Meisterwerke Italienischer Geigenbaukunst, Fridolin Hamma, Hamma & Co., 1932.

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

"How Many Strads? - Part Twenty", Ernest N. Doring, Violins & Violinists Magazine, September, 1940.

"Pure Thrill", John Dilworth, The Strad, August, 2001.

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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.