Iconography Index

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

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

"Pearls of Wisdom", The Strad, April, 1989, 1989.: Color photos (front & back).

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

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

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

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

Stradivari, Stewart Pollens, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2010.: Color photos (front, back, side & scroll).

The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C..: Black-and-white photos (front & back & inside of front & back).

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

The Strad Calendar 2010: Violin Heroes, Newsquest, London, 2009.: Color photos (front & back).

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

W. E. Hill & Sons Photographic Archive.: Black-and-white photos (A66, Z180 - front, back, scroll & f-hole).

Notes

"In the opinion of many, this is the greatest sounding Stradivari of them all."

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.

Caressa & Francais Notebook (c1900 - 1936), part of the Jacques Francais Collection at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C..

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

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

Stradivari, Stewart Pollens, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2010.

The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C..

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

The Strad Calendar 2010: Violin Heroes, Newsquest, London, 2009.

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

W. E. Hill & Sons Photographic Archive.

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.

"Pearls of Wisdom", The Strad, April, 1989, 1989.

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

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

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