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Antonio Stradivari (/ ˌ s t r æ d ɪ ˈ v ɑːr i /, also US: /-ˈ v ɛər i /, [2] [3] [4] Italian: [anˈtɔːnjo stradiˈvaːri]; c. 1644 – 18 December 1737) was an Italian luthier and a craftsman of string instruments such as violins, cellos, guitars, violas and harps. [5]
Antonio Stradivari, by Edgar Bundy, 1893: a romanticized image of a craftsman-hero. A Stradivarius is one of the string instruments, such as violins, violas, cellos, and guitars, crafted by members of the Stradivari family, particularly Antonio Stradivari (Latin: Antonius Stradivarius), in Cremona, Italy, during the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
A Stradivarius violin made at the "pinnacle" of Antonio Stradivari’s career sold at auction for an eye-popping price this week. The musical instrument, crafted in 1714 by Stradivari, the luthier ...
Formerly part of the von Mendelssohn family quartet of Stradivari's in Berlin. Vaslin, La Belle Blonde: 1723 LVMH: Owned by Olive-Charlier Vaslin from 1827-1869. [248] Displayed at the South Kensington Special Exhibition of 1872. [248] Purchased as part of a quartet of Stradivari for $200,000 by banker Felix M. Warburg in the 1920s. The quartet ...
Sotheby’s auction house had estimated that the “Joachim-Ma Stradivarius” violin could sell for between $12 million and $18 million, with the higher end of the range potentially eclipsing the record-breaking $15.9 million someone paid for another Stradivari violin at auction more than a decade ago.
The Lady Blunt is a Stradivarius violin made in 1721 by the renowned Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari. [1] It is named after one of its first known owners, Lady Anne Blunt, the British co-founder of the Crabbet Arabian Stud.
"During his career, Stradivari is believed to have built about 1,100 instruments, with only about a dozen of them embellished with intricate patterns of inlaid wood and other delicate accoutrements. Of the decorated instruments that exist today, the Hellier [...] is the best preserved, Smithsonian curators said." [4]
The Soil Stradivarius (pronounced ) of 1714 is an antique violin made by Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari of Cremona (1644–1737). It is one of 700 known extant Stradivari instruments. The instrument was made during Stradivari's "golden period" and is named after the Belgian industrialist Amédée Soil.