di Stradivari Antonio

1694 - Cello "The King of Spain"

Soundboard of spruce with double purfling decorated of lozenges and discs of ivory in black mastic. Back in two pieces of curly maple to narrow curl, glued to lightweight herringbone with apex at the top, with double purfling decorated of lozenges and discs of ivory in black mastic. Ribs of curly maple with a narrow curl drawn in black of branches inhabited by cupids who hunt goatlings. Scroll of maple decorated with branches engraved and filled with the black mastic.

  • 1694, Cremona
  • Madrid (E), Royal Palace
  • Paolo Stradivari 1772; Padre Brambilla 1772; Don Carlos (later King Charles IV) 1772; W.E. Hill & Sons 1925; Royal Palace in Madrid
  • 2011, Cremona: Antonio Stradivari. L'estetica sublime
  • Hill 1902; Sainati 1993; Doring 1999; AA. VV. 2011

creato:lunedì 23 dicembre 2013
modificato:giovedì 23 marzo 2017