List of Stradivarius instruments

Alumnas Amati, Ashby, Silvestre, Serdet

1666

Possibly the earliest known violin by Stradivari. The instrument was last sold by J & A Beare. One of a few instruments that has a connection between Stradivarius and Nicola Amati, with whom Stradivarius may have worked as an apprentice. The violin includes the label Alumnus Nicolais Amati.

ex-Sachs

c. 1666

Madame Sachs

Historically important and one of the earliest known violins by Stradivari. In 2008 for sale by Poesis Fine Instruments.

ex Back

c. 1666

Fridart Foundation

The violin shows influence from Amati and the model is based on Amati's violins, but the narrow purfling differs from Amati's style.

Aranyi

1667

Francis Aranyi (collector)

Sold at Sotheby's London, 12 November 1986.

Dubois

1667

Canimex Inc.

On display at the Chimei Museum.

ex-Captain Saville

1667

Jean-Baptiste VuillaumeCaptain Saville (1901–1907)

Currently on loan to André Rieu.

Ex Jenkins, Jenkins-Thompson

1667

Sold at Sotheby's in 1995.

Piet – Beare-Biddulph

1667

Owned by Charles Beare & Peter until 1990 and sold at Machold Rare Violins in 2001.

Amatese

1668

Though listed in many reference books as one of Stradivari's earliest instruments, the modern consensus is that it is not a Stradivarius; it was sold at Sotheby's New York on 3 February 1982 as "an interesting violin".

Canadian

1668

Sold at Kenneth Warren & Son in Chicago (1991).

Golden Bell

ca.1668

Played by Simone Zgraggen.

Clisbee, Francalucci

1669

Mrs. Clisbee

On exhibition at Museo del Violino, Cremona, Italy, since 2003.

Hill

1669

Oistrakh

1671

Queen Elisabeth of BelgiumGlinka Museum, Moscow

Previously owned by David Oistrakh, who inherited it in 1969 under the will of Queen Elisabeth. He never performed with this instrument, constructed in the Nicola Amati style, because of the short scale, uncomfortable for his hand. Oistrakh's widow presented the violin to the Glinka Museum. It was stolen in May 1996, but recovered in 2001.

Sellière

1672

Charles IV of Spain

Spanish; ex-Faltin

1678

Finnish Cultural Foundation

On loan to Elina Vähälä. In 2011 it was revealed that the instrument was actually made by Girolamo Amati.

Hellier

1679

Sir Samuel Hellier

Smithsonian Institution

Paganini-Desaint

1680

Nippon Music Foundation

This violin, and the Paganini-Conte Cozio di Salabue violin of 1727, the Paganini-Mendelssohn viola 1731 and the Paganini-Ladenburg cello of 1736, comprise the Paganini Quartet; the foundation owns more than a dozen Stradivari instruments. On loan to Florian Schötz from Goldmund Quartet.

Fleming

1681

Bucher

1683

On loan to Alma Deutscher since 2019. The loan is administered by the Tarisio Trust.

Derpinina

1683

Cipriani Potter

1683

Cipriani Potter

Cobbett; ex-Holloway

1683

On loan to Sejong Soloists, New York City, brokered by the Stradivari Society.

ex-Croall

1684

WestLB

ex-Elphinstone

1684

Owned since 2005 by Philip Greenberg, artistic director and conductor of the Kyiv Philharmonic in Ukraine.

The Marquis

1685

Marchese SpinolaMark Kaplan

ex-Arma Senkrah

1685

The Ruggeri – Stiftung

On loan to Bogdan Bozovic.

ex-Castelbarco

1685

Eugenie, ex-Mackenzie

1685

anonymous

On loan to Swang Lin, associate concertmaster, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra.

ex-Nachez

1686

Dr. Winfred and Mr. John Constable.

Rosenheim

1686

William Rosenheim.

Goddard

1686

Miss Goddard; Antonio Fortunato.

Ex Bello, Marie Law

1687

mw- .mw- c. 1875: from George Parsons to Hart & Son (London)c. 1900: John Lawson (Liverpool)c. 1910: Anonymous, lent to Marie Law1921: Robert A. Bower (Somerset, UK)1924: Rudolph Wurlitzer Company (Cincinnati, Ohio)1927: J. Mariano Bello (Mexico)1997: Anonymous2012: Italian collector from Rare Violins New York auction

On loan to Maristella Patuzzi. The Stradivari was used to record the Decca album Intimamente Tango (2015, No. 481 1489) and a new Violin concerto by Manuel De Sica published by Brilliant Classics (2014, No. 94905).

Ole Bull

1687

Ole Bull (1844)Herbert Axelrod (1985–1997)

Donated to the Smithsonian Institution in 1997 by Herbert R. Axelrod; now part of the Axelrod quartet.

Mercur-Avery

1687

On loan to Jonathan Carney, concertmaster of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra since 2002.

Baumgartner

1689

Canada Council for the Arts

On loan to Emma Meinrenken until 2021.

Arditi

1689

Dextra musica AS, Norway

On loan to Elise Båtnes, concertmaster of the Oslo Philharmonic.

Spanish I

1689?

Patrimonio Nacional, Palacio Real, Madrid, Spain.

Part of a duo of violins (Spanish I and II) referred to as los Decorados and los Palatinos; also collectively known as del Cuarteto Real (The Royal Quartet) when included with the Spanish Court viola (1696) and cello (1694).

Spanish II

1689?

Patrimonio Nacional, Palacio Real, Madrid, Spain.

Part of a duo of violins (Spanish I and II) referred to as los Decorados and los Palatinos; also collectively known as del Cuarteto Real (The Royal Quartet) when included with the Spanish Court viola (1696) and cello (1694).

Ex-Leopold Auer

1690

Leopold Auer

On loan to Vadim Gluzman brokered by the Stradivari Society.

Bingham

1690

Theodor

1690

Named after its first known owner.

Boissier-Sarasate

1690

Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid

Named after its owner, this violin is one of two Stradivarius instruments which previously belonged to Navarrese musician Pablo de Sarasate.

Ex-Ries

1691

Reinhold Würth Music Foundation

On loan to József Lendvay Jr. since 2008. Since October 2020 on loan to German violinist Veronika Eberle

Czar of Russia, Albrecht, Avery Fisher

1692

Juilliard School

Purchased by Avery Fisher in 1976. Donated to Juilliard School in 1991.

Guttmann

1692

Juilliard School

Bennett

1692

Winterthur-Versicherungen

On loan to Hanna Weinmeister.

Falmouth

1692

Gert-Jan Kramer.

On loan to Alexander Kerr, concertmaster, Dallas Symphony Orchestra.

Queux de Saint-Hilaire

c.1692

Musée de la Musique, Paris

Long-pattern (longuet). Donated in 1890. On display at the museum.

Gould

1693

Charles DanclaEmil MłynarskyiAlbert Caressa firmGeorge GouldMetropolitan Museum of Art

Bequeathed by Gould to the Metropolitan Museum in 1955.

Harrison

1693

Richard HarrisonHenry HottingerKyung-wha Chung

In the collection of the National Music Museum in Vermillion, South Dakota.

Baillot–Pommerau

1694

Pierre Baillot

Formerly owned by Arthur Catterall, then by Alfredo Campoli.

ex-Halíř or Strad Halir 1694

1694

Karel HalířPhilip Greenberg, Artistic director and conductor of the Kyiv Philharmonic, UkraineDr. Harold DinkensRobert Schumitzky, Associate Concertmaster at Opera Pacific Orchestra and first violin at Orchestra Nova San Diego and Pacific Symphony.

Karel Halíř premiered with this instrument the new version of Sibelius's Violin Concerto on 19 October 1905, with Richard Strauss conducting the Berlin Court Orchestra.

Francesca

1694

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bequest of Nanna Matthews Bryant, 1933.

Rutson

1694

Royal Academy of Music

Played by Clio Gould.

Fetzer

1695

Lincoln

1695

Bequeathed to the people of Lincoln in 1970 by Mrs. Dudley Pelham on condition that it be loaned to the Hallé Orchestra for the use of their leader.

Haddock, Cator, Rostal

1697

Sampson Moore (? – 1890)George Haddock (1890)Jan KubelíkStellings (1898–1906)1906 – 1927 Diana CatorW. E. Hill & Sons (1927–1943)Major S. V. Shea-Simonds (1943 – ?)Max Rostal (1947 – ?)Henry Werro (? – 1968)Helga Hussels (1968–1988)Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (1992 – )

Paganini

1697

Niccolò Paganini

Dima Bilan, together with Evgeni Plushenko and Edvin Marton playing his Stradivarius, won the Eurovision Song Contest 2008.

Molitor

1697

Madame Juliette Récamier, Paris (?–1804)Count Gabriel Jean Joseph Molitor, Paris (1804–1849)Molitor family (1849–1917)J. Mazeran, Paris (1917–1923)The Curtis Institute, Philadelphia (1929–1936)R. A. Bower, Somerset (1937–1957)Muriel Anderson, Londonderry (1957–1989)Elmar Oliveira (1989–1994)Albert Stern (1994–2010)Anne Akiko Meyers (2010–)

Thought to previously belong to Napoleon Bonaparte. Sold by Tarisio Auctions for $3,600,000, a new world record, until the Lady Blunt was sold on 20 June 2011.

Cecilia C A (Capitulum Agriense)

1697

Owned by Zelnik István Southeast Asian Gold Museum from 2011, and loaned to Katalin Kokas for five years.

Johann Ladislaus Pyrker, 1827; an unknown Protestant or Jewish religious identity, 1945; Aranymúzeum, 2011

Cabriac

1698

Baron Knoop

1698

One of eleven Stradivari violins associated with Baron Johann Knoop.

Joachim-Kortschak-Field

1698

Owned by Joseph Joachim 1886–1898, Hugo Kortschak 1925 and Joan Field 1958–1968.

Duc de Camposelice

1699

Cho-Liang Lin

Lady Tennant; Lafont

1699

Charles Phillipe LafontMarguerite Agaranthe Tennant

On loan to Xiang Gao brokered by the Stradivari Society; sold at Christie's auction US$2.032 million, April 2005.

Countess Polignac

1699

On loan to Gil Shaham.

Castelbarco

1699

United States Library of Congress

Presented by Gertrude Clarke Whittall.

Kustendyke

1699

Royal Academy of Music

Crespi

1699

Fridart Foundation

ex-Berglund

1699

Finnish Cultural Foundation (Suomen Kulttuurirahasto)

Previously owned by conductor Paavo Berglund. Purchased from Berglund's estate by the Finnish Cultural Foundation in June 2012. On loan to Antti Tikkanen.

ex-Beatrice Mulgan

1699

Victoria and Albert Museum

Bequatehed by Beatrice Mulgan to the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1937.

Berger

1700

Charles Auguste de BériotHenri VieuxtempsGuillaume BrochonJean SalisIsador BergerRalph P. Powell

Currently in possession of Bein & Fushi Violins.

ex-Berglund

1699

Finnish Cultural Foundation (Suomen Kulttuurirahasto)

Previously owned by conductor Paavo Berglund. Purchased from Berglund's estate by the Finnish Cultural Foundation in June 2012. On loan to Antti Tikkanen.

The Penny

1700

Barbara Penny

Petri

1700

Henri Petri

Dragonetti

1700

Nippon Music Foundation

Formerly owned by Alfredo Campoli, now played by Veronika Eberle.

Jupiter

1700

Giovanni Battista Viotti

Owned and played since 1964 by Arnold Belnick, Los Angeles, California.

Russian, Margaret, Berson

1700

Taft; ex-Emil Heermann

1700

Canada Council for the Arts

On loan to Nikki Chooi who was from 2009 to 2012 the recipient of the Council's 1729 Guarneri, now on loan to Chooi's younger brother Timothy Chooi.

Taylor, Heberlein

1700

San Francisco Symphony

Owned by the San Francisco Symphony since 2002.

Ward

1700

United States Library of Congress

Presented by Gertrude Clarke Whittall.

Circle, Nachez

1701

Court Strad

1701

Deveault

1701

Guy and Maryse Deveault

On loan to Alexandre Da Costa

Dushkin, Sandler

1701

Samuel Dushkin, Albert Sandler

On loan to Dennis Kim, concertmaster, Pacific Symphony.

Ferraresi

1701

Herbert R. Axelrod, New Jersey Symphony

Sold at Ingles & Hayday in 2016.

Kreutzer, von Hautem

1701

Rodolphe Kreutzer, Uto Ughi

Markees

1701

Music Chamber of Hong Kong

Brodsky

1702

Adolf Brodsky (Warsaw)Hamma & Co. (Stuttgart)E. Bernhard (Ravel), 1930Harry Wahl (Viborg, Finland), 1930–40Emil Herrmann, 1947Alexander Schneider, 1947–56Isidore Cohen, 1956–2005Anonymous, 2006

Named after Adolph Brodsky who premiered Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto on this violin on 4 December 1881. On loan to Kirill Troussov since 2006. Previously played by Adolf Brodsky, Alexander Schneider and Isidore Cohen.

Irish

1702

Pohjola Bank Art Foundation, Finland

On loan to Rebecca Roozeman.

Campoli

1702

Alfredo Campoli (1959–1961)

Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons in 1961.

Conte de Fontana; ex-Oistrakh

1702

Pro Canale Foundation

Loaned to Pavel Berman. Previously owned by David Oistrakh (1959–1966). After the 1736 Yusupov it was his second Strad, bought in Paris in 1959 and traded in 1966 for the 1705 Marsick.

De La Taille

1702

Rafael Druian (1948–1961)

On loan to Mihail Ion

Lukens; Edler; Voicu

1702

A. W. Lukens Charles EdlerIon VoicuRomania Culture Ministry

On loan to Alexandru Tomescu until 2023.

Lord Borwick

1702

Lord BorwickJanos Szanto, 1945Dr Eugenio SturchioDr. Marcus OssreDorothy B. Cooper, 1963

On loan to Ririko Takagi.

King Maximilian Joseph

1702

Maximilian Joseph III of Bavaria, 1745–77King Maximilian Joseph of Bavaria, 1799–1825King Ludwig II of Bavaria, 1864Franz Rampftler (Munich), 1886von Knörzinger and his family, 1920–23Hug & Co., 1923Hamma & Co. (Stuttgart)Marc E. Maartens (Kew Gardens)Victor Mannheimer, 1925–28Mannheimer family, 1928–61Rembert Wurlitzer Inc., 1961Irving Levick (Buffalo), 1961–98Anonymous Stradivari Society PatronAnonymous group of investors, 2007

Lifetime loan to Berent Korfker.

Lyall

1702

Formerly owned by University of Western Ontario

Players of the violin include Stefan Milenkovich and Lara St. John.

Lord Newlands

1702

Nippon Music Foundation

On loan to Suyoen Kim.

Wondra Bey

1702

Antonio Stradivari

1703

Bundesrepublik Deutschland

Exhibited at Musikinstrumentenmuseum, Berlin.

La Rouse Boughton

1703

Oesterreichische Nationalbank

On loan to Boris Kuschnir of the Kopelman Quartet.

Allegretti

1703

Alsager

1703

Previously sold by W. E. Hill & Sons, Hamma & Co. and Henry Werro.

Aurora, ex-Foulis

1703

On loan to Karen Gomyo.

Cobbett, Dickson-Poynder

1703

Walter Willson Cobbett

Certificate by W. E. Hill & Sons notes that violin is from 1703, even though label says 1715. Sold by Sotheby's in 1972.

Emiliani

1703

Ludwig Strauss, violinist Eva Mudocci, violinist, harpist Charlene Dilling Brewer, Anne-Sophie Mutter (since 1979)

Ford

1703

Sir William Curtis, Elias Breeskin, Henry Ford

Since 2003, at the Henry Ford Museum.

Lady Harmsworth

1703

Paul Bartel

On loan to Kristóf Baráti by arrangement with the Stradivarius Society of Chicago.

de Rougemont, Gordon, Hart

1703

Luigi Tarisio, violinist Godfrey Ludlow, Henry Ford

Rynberger, Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia

1703

Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia

On exhibit at the Henry Ford Museum.

Schoofs, Vidoudez, Huber, Steiner-Schweitzer

1703

Mischa Elman

Sold by Bongartz's in 1998.

Betts

1704

United States Library of Congress

Presented by Gertrude Clarke Whittall.

ex-Liebig

1704

Baron LiebigWolfgang SchneiderhanRony Rogoff

Owned by Baron Liebig from 1911; Owned by Wolfgang Schneiderhan from 1952 to 1991; Owned by Rony Rogoff (1991–2004) Currently owned by Dkfm Angelika Prokopp Privatstiftung, on loan to Julian Rachlin.

Glennie

1704

John Edward Betts (19th century)

Sold at W. E. Hill & Sons in 1953.

Prince Obolensky

1704

On loan to Esther Yoo.

Sleeping Beauty

1704

L-Bank

On loan to Isabelle Faust. One of the few Stradivari violins to have retained its original neck.

Viotti

1704

Giovanni Battista Viotti (late 18th century to early 19th century)

Part of the Monetsugu Collectio in Tokyo, Japan (since c. 2010).

Baron von der Leyen

1705

Private owner

Auctioned by Tarisio on 26 April 2012 for $2.6 million.

ex-Marsick; ex-Oistrakh

1705

David Fulton

Previously owned by David Oistrakh (1966–1974), acquired in trade for the 1702 Conte di Fontana. Currently on loan to James Ehnes.

ex-Tadolini

1706

The collection of Mr & Mrs Rin Kei Mei.

Charles Castleman, ex-Marquis de Champeaux

1707

c.1876 David Laurie, Glasgow1881 Princesse de Podenas, Paris through Gand & Bernardel Frères, Paris1892 Jean-Jacques Mathias, Paris through Gand & Bernardel Frères, Paris1918 Max Rosen, New York through Rudolph Wurlitzer, New York1929 George P. Orr, Philadelphia, PA through William Moennig & Son1979 Sotheby's auction, New York1983 Charles Castleman, New York through Jacques Français

On loan to Miclen LaiPang by the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel

ex-Brüstlein

1707

Oesterreichische Nationalbank

La Cathédrale

1707

Nigel Kennedy

ex-Prihoda

1707

Luz Leskowitz

Previously owned by Czech violinist Váša Příhoda, teacher of Luz Leskowitz.

Hammer

1707

Christian Hammer (collector)

Sold at Christie's New York on 16 May 2006 for a record US$3,544,000 (€2,765,080) after five minutes of bidding.

Rivaz, Baron Gutmann

1707

J & A Beare Dextra Musica since 2016

Formerly on loan to Janine Jansen. On loan to Eldbjørg Hemsing

Davidoff

1708

Musée de la Musique, Paris

Bequeathed to the museum in 1887.

Tua

1708

Musée de la Musique, Paris

Donated to the museum in 1935.

Burstein; Bagshawe

1708

Owned by the Jacobs family, loaned to Jeff Thayer, San Diego Symphony concertmaster.

Huggins

1708

Nippon Music Foundation

On loan to the most recent winner of the Queen Elisabeth Competition for violin, currently Stella Chen winner of the 2019 edition.

Empress Caterina

1708

Loaned to Brett Yang and Eddy Chen of TwoSet Violin in 2022.

Regent, Superb

1708

Owned by the Fridart Foundation.

Loaned to Brett Yang and Eddy Chen of TwoSet Violin in 2022.

Ruby

1708

On loan to Chen Xi brokered by the Stradivari Society.

Strauss

1708

On loan to Clara-Jumi Kang brokered by the Stradivari Society.

Greffuhle

1709

Donated to the Smithsonian Institution in 1997 by Herbert R. Axelrod. Now part of the Axelrod quartet.

Berlin Hochschule

1709

ex-Hämmerle; ex-Adler

1709

Oesterreichische Nationalbank

On loan to Rainer Honeck.

Ernst

1709

Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, circa 1850–1865Wilma Neruda, 1872

On loan to Dénes Zsigmondy through 2003.

Engleman

1709

Nippon Music Foundation.

On loan to Bora Kim. Previously loaned to Timothy Chooi, and Benjamin Beilman [fr]

King Maximilian; Unico

1709

Axel Springer Foundation

On loan to Michel Schwalbé, concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic (1966–1986); reported stolen in 1999.

Viotti; ex-Bruce

1709

Royal Academy of Music

Allocated to the Royal Academy of Music after acquisition by HM Government in July 2005 in lieu of inheritance tax, with additional funding from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, National Art Collections Fund, J & A Beare, The Belmont Trust, Nigel Brown, members of the Bruce family, Albert Frost CBE, Elizabeth Insall, Ian Stoutzker OBE, Old Possum's Practical Trust, BBC Two's The Culture Show and anonymous donors.

ex-Nachéz

1709

Tivadar Nachéz (until 1900)Kurt Vogel (1900–1929)Emil Herrmann (1929–1930)Albert Sommer (from 1930)

Previously played by Elisabetta Garetti. Now played by Roman Simovic, Leader of the London Symphony Orchestra, courtesy of Jonathan Moulds, chair of the LSO Advisory Council.

Marie Hall

1709

Giovanni Battista ViottiChimei Museum

Named after violinist Marie Hall.

ex-Scotta

1709

On loan to Pekka Kuusisto.

La Pucelle

1709

Huguette ClarkDavid L. Fulton

Parisian dealer Jean Baptiste Vuillaume took it apart in the 19th century and added a tailpiece with a carving of Joan of Arc, the virgin warrior known as La Pucelle.

Camposelice

1710

Nippon Music Foundation

It was on loan to Svetlin Roussev. Since 2023 it has been loaned to María Dueñas.

Lord Dunn–Raven

1710

Anne-Sophie Mutter

ex-Roederer

1710

On loan to David Grimal. (Owned by Ayla Erduran for 37 years).

ex-Vieuxtemps

1710

Purchased 1900 by Leopold Geissmar, a lawyer and amateur musician in Mannheim. His daughter Berta had it in 1944.

Not to be confused with the Vieuxtemps-Hauser violin on loan to Samuel Magad, concertmaster 1972–2007, Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Dancla Stradivarius (1703)

1703

Linus Roth

The Dancla is now owned by the Landesbank Baden-Württemberg and on loan to renowned German violinist Linus Roth.

Dancla Stradivarius (1708)

1708

In 1913 luthiers of Caressa & Français wrote a letter stating that the violin was "fully authentic, totally guaranteed and in a remarkable state of conservation"

Dancla Stradivarius (1710)

1710

Toshiya Eto

The violin is sometimes classified as the "Dancla Milstein" because it was owned and used in performances by American virtuoso violinist Nathan Milstein.

Davis

1710

Mr. and Mrs. William S. Davis

On loan to Michael Shih, concertmaster, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra.

ex-Kittel

1710

Russian State Collection, Glinka Museum, Moscow.

The Antonius

1711

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bequest of Annie Bolton Matthews Bryant, 1933.

the Lady Inchiquin

1711

Previously owned by Fritz Kreisler.

Played by Frank Peter Zimmermann, a German banking company WestLB AG bought it for his use.

Earl of Plymouth; Kreisler

1711

Los Angeles Philharmonic

Found in a storeroom on the estate of the Earl of Plymouth in 1925; purchased by Fritz Kreisler in 1928 and subsequently sold by him in 1946.

Liegnitz

1711

Previously owned by Szymon Goldberg.

Viotti

1712

Giovanni Battista ViottiHenry Hottinger Collection

Owned since 1965 by Isaac Hurwitz.

Le Fountaine

1712

This is a 'Violino piccolo' from 1712 – slightly shorter than a regular violin, measuring 475mm from top to bottom, 100mm shorter than a regular instrument.

Le Brun

1712

Niccolò PaganiniCharles LebrunBoutillier FamilyUntil 1893 Chardon et FilsFrom 1893 Vincenzo SighicelliFrom 1922 Otto Senn [de]From 2008 Anonymous concert violinist

Sold at Sotheby's auction on 13 November 2001. From November 2015 to January 2016 was on loan to Kiril Laskarov, concertmaster of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra.

Karpilowsky

1712

Harry Solloway

Missing: stolen in 1953 from Solloway's residence in Los Feliz.

Dubois

1713

Canimex, Inc

On loan to Nikki Chooi since 2023

Schreiber

1713

Antonio Stradivari

1713

Boissier-Sarasate

1713

Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid

Sarasate legancy 1909

Daniel

1713

On loan to Juan Pablo Reynoso

Sancy

1713

Ivry Gitlis

Gibson

1713

Bronisław HubermanNorbert BraininJoshua Bell

Stolen twice from Huberman.

Lady Ley

1713

Stradivarius family

Owned by Jue Yao, Chinese violinist.

Wirth

1713

Nicolo MoriJohn HartLouis d'EgvilleJan de GraanEmmanuel WirthMax Adler & familyDavid MontaguSergiu LucaChimei Museum

Dolphin; Delfino

1714

Jascha HeifetzNippon Music Foundation

On loan to Timothy Chooi and previously loaned to Ray Chen. Named the "Dolphin" in the 19th century by George Hart, because the back of the violin, with its shape and its shimmering colour, reminded him of a dolphin.

Soil

1714

Amédée SoilYehudi MenuhinItzhak Perlman

ex-Berou; ex-Thibaud

1714

Jacques Thibaud

Previously owned by David Oistrakh (his first Stradivarius, bought in the US in 1956).

Le Maurien

1714

Missing: stolen 2002.

Leonora Jackson

1714

Leonora Jackson, William Sloan Collection

Massart

1714

Lambert MassartGyörgy Pauk

Joachim–Ma

1714

Joseph Joachim, Si-hon Ma, New England Conservatory of Music

Bequeathed to the New England Conservatory by Ma in 2009, it was sold at auction for $11.3 in February 2025 to fund a new scholarship.

Sinsheimer; General Kyd; Perlman

1714

Itzhak PerlmanDavid L. Fulton

Formerly loaned to Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg

Smith-Quersin

1714

Oesterreichische Nationalbank

On loan to Rainer Honeck, the Vienna Philharmonic leader.

Alard-Baron Knoop

1715

Juan Luis Prieto

Named for French violinist Jean-Delphin Alard. Sold at auction in 1981 to a collector in Singapore for $1.2 million.

Baron Knoop; ex-Bevan

1715

Ex Fulton, sold in March 2025 to an anonymous buyer for $23 million

ex-Bazzini

1715

On loan to Matteo Fedeli.

Cremonese; ex-Harold; Joseph Joachim

1715

Joseph JoachimMunicipality of Cremona

On exhibition at Museo del Violino, Cremona, Italy.

Emperor

1715

George Haddock (1876–1907)Edgar Haddock (1907–1910)Jan Kubelík

Sold to Jan Kubelík in 1910 for £10,000.

Duke of Cambridge; ex-Pierre Rode

1715

Pierre RodeLeopold AuerOscar ShumskyNPO "Yellow Angel"

Janine Jansen (since Sept 2020 – courtesy of a European benefactor)

Joachim

1715

Nippon Music Foundation

the ’Joachim-Aranyi’ is so named as it once belonged to Joseph Joachim, who bequeathed it to his great-niece Adela d’Aranyi. It was loaned to Angelo Xiang Yu in 2019. The foundation announced its loan to Japanese violinist Risa Hokamura, Silver medalist of the 2018 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, in 2023.

Lipiński

1715

Giuseppe Tartini

On loan to Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra concertmaster, Frank Almond. Stolen in an armed robbery on 27 January 2014 and subsequently recovered.

Marsick

1715

James Ehnes

Titian

1715

Cho-Liang Lin

Previously owned by Efrem Zimbalist. Purchased by Felix M. Warburg circa 1926 as part of a quartet set for the Institute of Musical Art's Musical Art Quartet, played by Sascha Jacobsen.

Ex Adolf Busch

1716

Owned by David Garrett since 2010.

Berthier

1716

Baron Vecsey de VecseFondazione Pro Canale

On loan to Anna Tifu

Booth

1716

Nippon Music Foundation

On loan to Arabella Steinbacher; formerly loaned to Shunsuke Sato; formerly loaned to Julia Fischer.

Cessole

1716

Cherubini

1716

Galleria dell'Accademia

On exhibition at the Galeria dell'Accademia (Gallery of the Academy of Florence) in Florence, Italy

Colossus

1716

Luigi Alberto Bianchi

Missing; stolen in Rome, Italy, in November 1998.

Duranti

1716

On loan to Mariko Senju since 2002.

Milstein ex Goldman

1716

Nathan Milstein

Sold by Charles Beare and the Milstein Family to Jerry Kohl.

Monasterio

1716

Ruggiero Ricci

Named after violinist and composer Jesús de Monasterio. Cyrus Forough.

Provigny

1716

Musée de la Musique, Paris

Bequeathed to the Museum in 1909.

Messiah-Salabue

1716

Ashmolean Museum Oxford

On exhibition at the Oxford Ashmolean Museum; made from the same tree as a P.G. Rogeri violin of 1710. It is considered to be the only remaining Stradivarius violin in as new state.

ex-Windsor-Weinstein; Fite

1716

Canada Council for the Arts

On loan to Timothy Chooi.

Baron Wittgenstein

1716

Bulgarian Ministry of Culture

Formerly owned by John Corigliano Sr. (former concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic). On loan to Mincho Minchev 1977–2024. Now loaned to Svetlin Roussev till 2029.

Gariel

1717

Luigi Tarisio sold the ‘Gariel’ Stradivarius to another famous violin dealer, Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, who in turn sold it to the eminent French engineer, physician and founder member of the Academy of Science in Paris, Charles-Marie Gariel, the instrument's namesake. Gariel likely sold it on shortly before his death in 1924. Jaime Laredo

Owned by Jonathan Moulds, Chair of the LSO Advisory Council. On long-term loan to Nicola Benedetti.

ex-Wieniawski

1717

Henryk Wieniawski

ex-Baumgartner

1717

Rudolf Baumgartner, Lucerne Festival Strings

On loan to Daniel Dodds.

Toenniges

1717

Strad with the Vuillaume BackLawrence WelkDick Kesner

Dick KesnerPaul Toenniges (Studio City, California)

Kochanski

1717

Pierre AmoyalPaweł Kochański

Stolen in 1987; recovered in 1991.

Sasserno

1717

Nippon Music Foundation.

Loaned to Viviane Hagner until 2012. Loaned to Alina Pogostkina. On loan to Ji Young Lim

Maurin

1718

Royal Academy of Music, London, Rutson Bequest

Viotti; ex-Rosé

1718

Giovanni Battista ViottiOesterreichische Nationalbank

On loan to Volkhard Steude

Chanot-Chardon

1718

Timothy BakerJoshua Bell

Shaped like a guitar; on loan to Simone Lamsma.

Firebird; ex-Saint Exupéry

1718

Salvatore Accardo

Named for the colouration of the varnish, and for the instrument's brilliant sound.

Marquis de Rivière

1718

Daniel Majeske

Played by Majeske while concertmaster of the Cleveland Orchestra from 1969 to 1993.

San Lorenzo

1718

Georg Talbot

ex-Count Vieri

1718

The collection of Mr & Mrs Rin Kei Mei.

ex-Prové

1718

Played by Ilya Gringolts

Lauterbach

1719

Johann Christoph LauterbachJ.B. VuillaumeCharles Philippe Lafont

Zahn

1719

LVMH

Wieniawski–Bower

1719

Henryk Wieniawski, Benz Mercedes Zurich

Loan to Klaidi Sahatci, Tonhalle Orchester Zurich Concertmaster.

Malakh

1719

Dr. L. Looby

Malakh House. Last played 1946.

Woolhouse

1720

Played by Rudolf Koelman.

ex-Bavarian

1720

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Madrileño

1720

Rimma SushanskayaTeacher of HarvardWife of Benjamin FranklinRembert WurlitzerDuques de OsunaRuggiero Ricci

von Beckerath

1720

Michael Antonello

ex-Thibaud

1720

Jacques Thibaud

Destroyed in the crash of Air France Flight 178 on 1 September 1953.

Sinsheimer; Iselin

1721

Stolen in Hanover, Germany in 2008; recovered in 2009.

Lady Blunt

1721

Nippon Music Foundation.

Named for Lady Anne Blunt, daughter of Ada Lovelace (and granddaughter of Lord Byron). The Lady Blunt was last sold at London auction house Tarisio on 20 June 2011 for £9,808,000 (US$15.9 million), with proceeds going to the Nippon Foundation's Northeastern Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Fund.

Jean-Marie Leclair

1721

Jean-Marie Leclair

On loan to Guido Rimonda.

Red Mendelssohn

1720

Joseph JoachimMendelssohn familyElizabeth Pitcairn

Inspiration for the 1998 film, The Red Violin Formerly part of the von Mendelssohn family quartet of Stradivari's in Berlin.

Birsou

1721

Léon ReynierJoan FieldVy Thanh Dat

Formerly owned by Metropolitan Museum of Art. Joan Field, an American violinist (1915–1988) also known as one of its owners, played the Birsou from 1921 to 1929. In 2002, Joshua Bell recorded O'mio Babbino Caro on the Birsou.

The MacMillan

1721

Tossy Spivakovsky

Loaned to Ray Chen through Young Concert Artists from 2008 to 2012; on loan to Ning Feng through Premiere Performances of Hong Kong (2012–present).

Artot

1722

Lorin Maazel

Jules Falk

1723

Viktoria Mullova

Bought by the American violinist Jules Falk in 1907. A child prodigy, Falk joined the Philadelphia Orchestra under Stokowski aged 17 and was later music director of the Steel Pier in Atlantic City. He played this Stradivarius violin until his death in 1957.

Jupiter; ex-Goding

1722

Nippon Music Foundation

On loan to Ryu Goto; formerly to Midori Goto, Daishin Kashimoto, and Manrico Padovani.

Laub–Petschnikoff

1722

Elman

1722

Chimei Museum

On loan to William Wei

Cádiz

1722

Joseph Fuchs

On loan to Jennifer Frautschi; named after the city of Cádiz, Spain.

Rode

1722

Currently used by Erzhan Kulibaev by courtesy of the Maggini Foundation.

ex-Vallot

1722

Edwin SherrardOberlin Conservatory of Music (1989).

2015 restored by John K. Becker of Chicago.

Kiesewetter

1723

Christophe KiesewetterClement and Karen Arrison.

On loan to Philippe Quint brokered by the Stradivari Society. Left by Quint in taxi on 21 April 2008 and recovered the following day. Since 2010, on loan to Augustin Hadelich, through the Stradivari Society of Chicago.

Earl Spencer

1723

On loan to Nicola Benedetti.

Sarasate

1724

Ignazio Alessandro Cozio di SalabueNiccolò Paganini (1817–1840)Jean-Baptiste VuillaumePablo de SarasateMusée de la Musique, Paris since 1909.

Owned by Cozio di Salabue, it was sold to Niccolò Paganini in 1817, at his death in 1840 by his son to Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, then to Pablo de Sarasate who bequeathed it in 1909 to the Conservatoire de Musique in memory of his student days. On display at the museum.

Ex-Szigeti, Ludwig

1724

Bears the inscription: "Antonius Stradivarius Cremonensis faciebat Anno 1724". Since 1989 in the possession of the Landesbank Baden-Württemberg and is awarded to musicians to use.

ex-Kavakos, Abergavenny

1724

Leonidas Kavakos played it from 2010 to 2017.

Brancaccio

1725

Destroyed in an allied air raid on Berlin.

Owned by Carl Flesch until 1928; sold to Franz von Mendelssohn, banker and amateur violinist.

Chaconne

1725

Oesterreichische Nationalbank

On loan to Rainer Küchel.

Leonardo da Vinci

1725

Da Vinci family.

Lubbock

1725

Jean-Jacques Grasset (17??–1839)Charles Francois Gand (Paris) (1839–1844)Meugy (1844–1892)W.E. Hill & Sons (1892–1893)Neville Lubbock & Miss Lubbock (1893–1917)Destreicher (1917–1925)W.E. Hill & Sons (1925–1928)Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. (1925–1928)Caroline Powers Thomas (Scarsdale NY) (1928–1960s)

Owned by French artist/musician Jean-Jacques Grasset until his death in 1839, owned and played by amateur musician Meugy and later owned and played by Miss Lubbock establishing its sobriquet as Lubbock.

Wilhelmj

1725

Nippon Music Foundation

On loan to Baiba Skride; one of several Stradivari violins with the sobriquet "Wilhelmj".

Hubay

1726

Niccolò Paganini (until 1840)Baron Achille Paganini (1840)Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume (until 1870)François van Hal (from 1870)Jenő Hubay (1889–1900)Eugen Fischer de Farkasházy (1900–1928)Caressa (1928–)Albert Caressa (1954–)

Played by Paganini, Hubay, Nai-Yuan Hu, Robert Gerle, Daniel Stabrawa. Currently played by Edvin Marton.

Greville; Kreisler; Adams

1726

Fritz Kreisler

Baron Deurbroucq

1727

Baron Deurbroucq (The Hague) (1870)Robert Crawford (Edinburgh)W.E. Hill & Sons (1902)Hans Wessely (1903–1926)David D. Walton (Boston) (1926)Emil Herrmann (19??–1945)Fredell Lack (1945–2014)Beare's International Violin Society (2015–present)

Formerly played by Janine Jansen

Barrere

1727

Formerly on loan to Janine Jansen, now on loan to Rosanne Philippens [nl].

Benvenuti

1727

Owned by Maurice Hasson.

Davidoff-Morini

1727

Owned by violinist Erica Morini, purchased for her by her father in Paris in 1924 for $10,000

Missing: stolen in 1995.

ex-General Dupont

1727

Arthur Grumiaux

On loan to Frank Peter Zimmermann.

Holroyd

1727

Owned by Koh Gabriel Kameda.

Kreutzer

1727

Rodolphe Kreutzer, Maxim Vengerov

One of four Stradivari violins with the sobriquet Kreutzer (1701, 1720, 1731).

ex-Reynier or Le Reynier; Hart; ex-Francescatti

1727

LVMH since 1993 or 1994Salvatore Accardo

Named after Léon Reynier who won at the Concervatoire de Paris in 1847. On loan to Augustin Dumay. Previously played by Kirill Troussov (1997–2006) and Maxim Vengerov, who now owns and plays the Stradivarius Kreutzer.

Paganini-Conte Cozio di Salabue

1727

Nippon Music Foundation

This violin, and the Paganini-Desaint violin of 1680, the Paganini-Mendelssohn viola of 1731 and the Paganini-Ladenburg cello of 1736, comprise the Paganini Quartet. On loan to Pinchas Adt from Goldmund Quartet.

Halphen

1727

Angelika Prokopp Private Foundation

On loan to Eckhard Seifert.

Vesuvius

1727

Antonio BrosaRemo LauricellaTown of Cremona

On exhibition at Museo del Violino, Cremona, Italy.

A. J. Fletcher; Red Cross Knight

1728

A. J. Fletcher Foundation

On loan to Nicholas Kitchen of the Borromeo String Quartet; the instrument was made by Omobono Stradivarius.

Artot–Alard

1728

Endre Balogh

A copy of this instrument was produced in 1996 by Gregg Alf and Joseph Curtin, using modern materials and methods; Balogh performs on both the 1728 original and the replica.

Artôt-Godowsky

1728

Alexandre ArtôtLeopold GodowskyLeopold Godowsky Jr.Juilliard School (1959–present)

Named after first owner Alexandre Artôt.

Dragonetti-Milanollo

1728

Giovanni Battista ViottiDomenico DragonettiTeresa MilanolloChristian FerrasPierre Amoyal

On loan to Corey Cerovsek.

Perkins

1728

Los Angeles Philharmonic

Named for Frederick Perkins; formerly owned by Luigi Boccherini.

Benny

1729

Jack BennyLos Angeles Philharmonic

Bequeathed to the Los Angeles Philharmonic by Jack Benny.

Solomon, ex-Lambert

1729

Murray LambertSeymour Solomon

Sold at Christie's, New York for US$2,728,000 (€2,040,000).

Innes

1729

On loan to Eugen Sârbu; previously loaned to Henryk Wieniawski.

Libon

1729

Felipe LibonJosef Suk

Guarneri

1729

Canada Council for the Arts

On loan to Timothy Chooi, the younger brother of the 2009–2012 loan recipient Nikki Chooi, in 2012 named recipient of the Council's 1700 Taft Stradivari

Récamier

1729

Ueno Fine Chemicals Industry, Ltd.

On loan to Sayaka Shoji.

Baldiani

1730

Countess BaldianiSuzanne ChaigneauFridolin HammaDr. Wolfgang Kuhn

Sold for $338,500 at Christie's, New York, in October 2008.

Accademia

1730

Seattle Symphony Orchestra - Tarisio - Accademia Concertante - owner unknown

Played by young talented musicians of Accademia Concertante d'Archi di Milano (Italy) - Information: Antonio Stradivari: The complete works - Beares publishing - V vol

Ex-Neveu

1730

Marcel Vatelot

Produced by Omobono Stradivari. Purchased by Ginette Neveu in 1935 to enter the Wieniawski Competition. Was lost in a 1949 aircraft crash in the Azores along with Neveu.

Royal Spanish

1730

Anne Akiko Meyers

Once owned by the King of Spain.

Tritton

1730

Kolja Blacher

Lady Jeanne

1731

Donald Kahn Foundation

On loan to Benjamin Schmid.

Kreutzer

1731

Rodolphe Kreutzer, Huguette M. Clark

One of four Stradivari violins with the sobriquet Kreutzer (1701, 1720, 1727). Failed to sell at Christie's in New York on 18 June 2014.

Garcin

1731

Jules GarcinIsrael BakerSidney Harth

Heifetz-Piel

1731

Rudolph PielJascha Heifetz

?

1731

Pierre GerberHansheinz Schneeberger

Hansheinz Schneeberger, owner since 1959.

Baillot

1732

Pierre Baillot, Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio

Lent to Giuliano Carmignola for the DG recording of Vivaldi: Concertos for Two Violins.

Duke of Alcantara

1732

An obscure Spanish noblemanUCLA

Genevieve Vedder donated the instrument to UCLA's music department in the 1960s. In 1967, the instrument was on loan to David Margetts. Whether it was left on the roof of his car or stolen is uncertain, but for 27 years the violin was considered missing until it was recovered from an amateur violinist who claimed to have found it on a freeway. A settlement was made and the Stradivarius was returned to UCLA in 1995.

Red Diamond

1732

Louis Von Spencer IV

Tom Taylor

1732

Previously owned by Joshua Bell.

Arkwright Lady Rebecca Sylvan

1732

Carlo Alfredo PiattiJohn Hungerford ArkwrightJoseph SylvanRachel Barton Pine Foundation

Donated to the foundation by Sylvan in 2015.

ex-Dollfus

1732

Played by Helena Rathbone on loan from anonymous Australian benefactors

Des Rosiers

1733

Angèle Dubeau

Previously owned by Arthur Leblanc

Huberman; Kreisler

1733

Bronisław HubermanFritz Kreisler

Khevenhüller

1733

Johann, 2nd Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch, Yehudi Menuhin

Rode

1733

Currently used by Vadim Repin

Ames

1734

Roman Totenberg

Stolen in May 1980, found June 2015, returned to Totenberg family on 6 August 2015. As of October 2018, it has been sold to an unknown author.

Scotland University

1734

Sau-Wing Lam Collection

Currently used by Sergei Krylov by courtesy of the Fondazione Antonio Stradivari in Cremona.

Baron Feilitzsch; Heermann

1734

Baron FeilitzschHugo HeermanGidon Kremer

Habeneck

1734

Royal Academy of Music

Herkules; Ysaÿe; ex-Szeryng; also Kinor David

1734

Eugène YsaÿeCharles MünchHenryk SzeryngState of Israel

Stolen from Ysaÿe during a concert in St. Petersburg in 1908; he had left it in the dressing room unattended. It reappeared at a shop in Paris in 1925. In 1972 Szeryng donated the instrument as Kinor David (David's fiddle) to the City of Jerusalem. According to his wish, the violin is to be played by the concertmaster of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.

Willemotte

1734

Maria Lidka;acquired by Leonidas Kavakos in 2017.

Lord Amherst of Hackney

1734

Fritz Kreisler

Lamoureux; ex-Zimbalist

1735

Missing: stolen.

Samazeuilh

1735

Nippon Music Foundation

On loan to Ray Chen.

Muntz

1736

Nippon Music Foundation

On loan to Yuki Manuela Janke, concertmaster of the Staatskapelle Dresden.

ex-Roussy

1736

Chisako Takashima.

Yale Stradivari

1736

Yale University, Collection of Musical Instruments.

Spiritus Sorsana

1736

David Montagu

Comte d'Amaille

1737

Lord Norton

1737

Mahler

1672

Habisreutinger Foundation

The first of the Stradivarius violas; currently on loan to French violist Antoine Tamestit.

Tuscan-Medici Tenor

1690

Ferdinando de' Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany Conservatorio Luigi Cherubini Galleria dell'Accademia Florence, Italy

On exhibition Part of the Medici Quartet

Tuscan-Medici

1690

Ferdinando de' Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany Herbert N. Straus Cameron Baird Library of Congress

Commissioned by Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. Part of the Medici Quartet

Axelrod

1695

Donated to the Smithsonian Institution in 1997 by Herbert R. Axelrod. Now part of the Axelrod quartet.

Archinto

1696

Royal Academy of Music.

For elegance and grandeur, and in view of its remarkable state of preservation, the "Archinto" of 1696 is arguably the best example known.

Spanish Court

1696

Patrimonio Nacional, Palacio Real, Madrid, Spain.

Collectively known as el Cuarteto Real (The Royal Quartet) when included with the violin duo los Decorados (Spanish I and II) and the Spanish Court cello of 1694.

MacDonald

1719

Baron Johann KnoopFelix M. WarburgPeter Schidlof

Purchased as part of a quartet of Stradivari for $200,000 by banker Felix M. Warburg in the 1920s. The quartet was frequently loaned to the Musical Art Quartet for performances, where it was played by Louis Kaufman. Was to be sold at auction through London musical instruments auction house Ingles & Hayday in conjunction with Sotheby's in Spring 2014 via silent auction. Winning bid was to be announced on 25 June 2014, but the instrument failed to attract a buyer matching the minimum bid of $45 million.

Lux; Castelbarco

1714

Fridart Foundation

Converted from viol to viola by Jean Baptiste Vuillaume.

The Russian

1715

Russian State Collection

Cassavetti

1727

United States Library of Congress

Presented by Gertrude Clarke Whittall.

Paganini-Mendelssohn

1731

Nippon Music Foundation

This viola, and the Paganini-Desaint violin of 1680, the Paganini-Conte Cozio di Salabue violin of 1727 and the Paganini-Ladenburg cello of 1736, comprise the Paganini Quartet. On loan to Christoph Vandory from Goldmund Quartet. Formerly part of the von Mendelssohn family quartet of Stradivari's in Berlin.

Gibson

1734

Habisreutinger Foundation

Currently on loan to violist Ursula Sarnthein of the Swiss string trio Trio Oreade.