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1670/72 - Violin "Lioness"

Soundboard of spruce at medium grain, which widens towards the hips. Back of one piece of maple cut on the slab and with a lioness painted, perhaps by an unknown German painter active in Dublin in the 18th century (Hill). Ribs of maple cut on the slab. Scroll of plain maple. Orange-brown varnish.

  • 1670/72, Cremona
  • Antonius Stradivarius Cremonensis faciebat anno 1712
  • 35.6 cm
  • W. E. Hill & Sons, London, August 30, 1954
  • John McClintock 1974
  • Sotheby's 1974 (IV)

creato:domenica 1 dicembre 2013
modificato:giovedì 23 marzo 2017