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 Vuillaume Captain 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

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 Belgium Glinka 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 of the 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 Spinola Mark 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

c. 1875: from George Parsons to Hart & Son (London) c. 1900: John Lawson (Liverpool) c. 1910: Anonymous, lent to Marie Law 1921: Robert A. Bower (Somerset, UK) 1924: Rudolph Wurlitzer Company (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1927: J. Mariano Bello (Mexico) 1997: Anonymous 2012: 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

Musée de la Musique, Paris

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

Gould

1693

Charles Dancla Emil Młynarskyi Albert Caressa firm George Gould Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bequeathed by Gould to the Metropolitan Museum in 1955.

Harrison

1693

Richard Harrison Henry Hottinger Kyung-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 Halíř Philip Greenberg, Artistic director and conductor of the Kyiv Philharmonic, Ukraine Dr. Harold Dinkens Robert 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 Kubelík Stellings (1898–1906) 1906 – 1927 Diana Cator W. 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 Lafont Marguerite Agaranthe Tennant

On loan to Xiang Gao brokered by the Stradivari Society; sold at Christie's auction US$2 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

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

Berger

1700

Charles Auguste de Bériot Henri Vieuxtemps Guillaume Brochon Jean Salis Isador Berger Ralph 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

Shozo Nakajima

Brodsky

1702

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

On loan to Alexandru Tomescu until 2023.

Lord Borwick

1702

Lord Borwick Janos Szanto, 1945 Dr Eugenio Sturchio Dr. Marcus Ossre Dorothy B. Cooper, 1963

On loan to Ririko Takagi.

King Maximilian Joseph

1702

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

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 Liebig Wolfgang Schneiderhan Rony 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 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 David Laurie, Glasgow 1881 Princesse de Podenas, Paris through Gand & Bernardel Frères, Paris 1892 Jean-Jacques Mathias, Paris through Gand & Bernardel Frères, Paris 1918 Max Rosen, New York through Rudolph Wurlitzer, New York 1929 George P. Orr, Philadelphia, PA through William Moennig & Son 1979 Sotheby's auction, New York 1983 Charles Cas

On loan to Miclen LaiPang by the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel

ex-Brüstlein

1707

Oesterreichische Nationalbank

On loan to Yamen Saadi

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 1850–1865 Wilma 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

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 Poss

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 Viotti Chimei Museum

Named after violinist Marie Hall.

ex-Scotta

1709

On loan to Pekka Kuusisto.

La Pucelle

1709

Huguette Clark David 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).

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 . 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.

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 1994 Salvatore 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 of the Goldmund Quartet.

Halphen

1727

Angelika Prokopp Private Foundation

On loan to Eckhard Seifert.

Vesuvius

1727

Antonio Brosa Remo Lauricella Town 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 Artôt Leopold Godowsky Leopold Godowsky Jr. Juilliard School (1959–present)

Named after first owner Alexandre Artôt.

Dragonetti-Milanollo

1728

Giovanni Battista Viotti Domenico Dragonetti Teresa Milanollo Christian Ferras Pierre Amoyal

On loan to Corey Cerovsek.

Perkins

1728

Los Angeles Philharmonic

Named for Frederick Perkins; formerly owned by Luigi Boccherini.

Benny

1729

Jack Benny Los Angeles Philharmonic

Bequeathed to the Los Angeles Philharmonic by Jack Benny.

Solomon, ex-Lambert

1729

Murray Lambert Seymour 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 Libon Josef 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 Baldiani Suzanne Chaigneau Fridolin Hamma Dr. 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 Garcin Israel Baker Sidney Harth

Heifetz-Piel

1731

Rudolph Piel Jascha Heifetz

?

1731

Pierre Gerber Hansheinz 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 nobleman UCLA

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 se

Red Diamond

1732

Louis Von Spencer IV

Tom Taylor

1732

Previously owned by Joshua Bell.

Arkwright Lady Rebecca Sylvan

1732

Carlo Alfredo Piatti John Hungerford Arkwright Joseph Sylvan Rachel 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 Huberman Fritz 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 Feilitzsch Hugo Heerman Gidon Kremer

Habeneck

1734

Royal Academy of Music

Herkules; Ysaÿe; ex-Szeryng; also Kinor David

1734

Eugène Ysaÿe Charles Münch Henryk Szeryng State 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 Orc

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 Knoop Felix M. Warburg Peter 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 201

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 of the Goldmund Quartet. Formerly part of the von Mendelssohn family quartet of Stradivaris in Berlin.

Gibson

1734

Habisreutinger Foundation

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

ex Vatican Stradivarius

1620*/1703

Emmanuel Gradoux-Matt, New York Bought by Philip Glass for Wendy Sutter Academia de Arte de Florencia (Mexico), on loan to Nadège Rochat

Originally made by Nicolo Amati as a viola da gamba c. 1620, reworked into a cello by Amati's student, Antonio Stradivari.

ex-Du Pré; ex-Harrell

1673

Jacqueline du Pré Lynn Harrell Yo-Yo Ma Istvan Vardai

General Kyd; ex-Leo Stern

1684

Leo Stern Los Angeles Philharmonic Robert deMaine

Stolen in 2004 and later recovered.

Marylebone

1688

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

Medici

1690

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

Displayed to the public in the Museo degli Strumenti Musicali as part of the collection of the Conservatorio Luigi Cherubini, accessed through the Galleria dell'Accademia; part of the Medici Quintet. The Medici Cello is one of the only three surviving Stradivari cellos of large dimensions that have not been reduced in size

Barjansky

1690

Alexandre Barjansky Julian Lloyd Webber

ex-Gendron; ex-Lord Speyer

1693

Edgar Speyer; Kunststiftung NRW

On loan to Maria Kliegel; previously loaned to Maurice Gendron (1958–1990).

Spanish Court or Decorado

1694

Patrimonio Nacional, Palacio Real, Madrid, Spain

Collectively known as Quinteto Real or Quinteto Palatino (The Royal Quintet or Palace Quintet) when included with the violin duo, los Decorados (Spanish I and II 1687–1689), Bajo Palatino cello of 1700 and the Spanish Court viola of 1696. Is the original quartet. See Juan Ruiz Casaux.

Bajo Palatino

1700

Patrimonio Nacional, Palacio Real, Madrid, Spain

collectively known as Quinteto Palatino or Quinteto Palatino (The Royal Quintet or Palace Quintet) when included with the violin duo, los Decorados (Spanish I and II), Spanish Court cello of 1694 and the Spanish Court viola of 1696.

Bonjour

1696

Abel Bonjour Robert Cohen Canada Council for the Arts

On loan to Bryan Cheng.

Lord Aylesford

1696

Nippon Music Foundation

On loan to Pablo Ferrández; previously loaned to Danjulo Ishizaka and Janos Starker (1950–1965).

Castelbarco

1699

United States Library of Congress

Presented by Gertrude Clarke Whittall.

Cholmondeley Cello

1698

Anonymous collector

Purchased in 1988 for a record £682,000 (US$1 million)

Stauffer; ex-Cristiani

1700

Jean Louis Duport Elise Barbier Cristiani

On display at the Museo Civico Ala Ponzone.

Servais

1701

National Museum of American History

On display at the National Museum of American History.

Paganini-Countess of Stanlein

1707

Bernard Greenhouse

Sold in January 2012 for ca. $6 million to Montreal arts patron; (later identified as Jacqueline Desmarais) on loan to Stéphane Tétreault.

Boni-Hegar

1707

owned by Christen Sveaas

On loan to Andreas Brantelid

Boccherini; Romberg

1709

Formerly played by Pablo Casals.

Markevitch; Delphino

1709

Owned by the Fridart Foundation.

Gore Booth; Baron Rothschild

1710

Rocco Filippini Gustav Bloch-Bauer

Stolen by the Nazis from Gustav Bloch-Bauer in 1938, and remained with the German authorities until 1956. The cello features in the movie Woman in Gold, being played by Bloch-Bauer, who had been loaned the instrument for life by the Rothschild family.

Duport

1711

Mstislav Rostropovich (1974–2007)

Mara

1711

Heinrich Schiff Amedeo Baldovino

Lost in July 1963 when ferry SS Ciudad de Asuncion between Montevideo and Buenos Aires caught fire and sank; later recovered in pieces in its case and rebuilt by W . Hill & Sons.

Davidov

1712

Count Matvei Wielhorski (1794–1866) Karl Davidov Jacqueline du Pré

On loan to Yo-Yo Ma.

Batta-Piatigorsky

1714

J. P. Thibout Alexander Batta W . Hill & Sons Baron Johann Knoop Gregor Piatigorsky

Currently displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.

de Vaux

1717

On loan to Adam Klocek.

Amaryllis Fleming

1717

ex-Blair-Oliphant, ex-Hegar, ex-Kühn, ex-Küchler

Formerly owned by Amaryllis Fleming, half sister to writers Ian and Peter Fleming. Neck, head and table are not original, after extensive repairs in the 18th century by the Spanish luthier José Contreras; auctioned in 2008.

Becker

1719

Duke of Marlborough Hugo Becker Juilliard School (since 1999)

Piatti

1720

Carlos Prieto

Formerly part of the von Mendelssohn family quartet of Stradivaris in Berlin.

Vaslin, La Belle Blonde

1723

LVMH

Owned by Olive-Charlier Vaslin from 1827 to 1869. Displayed at the South Kensington Special Exhibition of 1872. 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 Marie Roemaet-Rosanov. In 1968, Warbu

Haussman

1724

Hausman family Max Adler Chuck Meyer

1839–1861: Georg (George) Hausmann. 1861–1909: Robert Hausmann (cellist, Joachim Quartet). 1909–1927: Mrs. Hausmann (widow). 1927–1944: Max Adler & family (Chicago). From 1944: Edmund Kurtz.

Baudiot

1725

Gregor Piatigorsky

Bequeathed to Evan Drachman by his grandfather Gregor Piatigorsky.

Chevillard

1725

Museu da Música, Lisbon

Marquis de Corberon; ex-Loeb

1726

Royal Academy of Music

Formerly owned by Hugo Becker and Audrey Melville, who bequeathed it to the RAM in 1960. Melville's friend, Zara Nelsova, held it until her death in 2002, as a condition of Melville's bequest. Currently on loan to Steven Isserlis.

Comte de Saveuse

1726

Comte de Saveuse d'Abbeville, Edward Latter, Archibald Hartnell, Michael Edmonds, subsequently lent to Michael Evans.

De Munck; ex-Feuermann

1730

Emmanuel Feuermann Aldo Parisot Nippon Music Foundation

On loan to Camille Thomas

Pawle

1730

Ludwig Knoop Hugo Becker Emil Herrmann Caroline Marmon Fesler Marie Roemaet-Rosanoff Paul Olefsky Chimei Museum

Once loaned to Yo-Yo Ma in 1999 when Petunia's neck was damaged before a concert in Taiwan.

Braga

1731

Gaetano Braga

On loan to Myung-wha Chung.

Stuart

1732

Frederick the Great, Steven Honigberg, Sergei Roldugin

According to Vladimir Putin, his friend Sergei Roldugin bought the instrument for $12M.

Paganini-Ladenburg

1736

Emil Herrmann, (1935–1946) Corcoran Gallery of Art Nippon Music Foundation (from 1994)

This cello, and the Paganini-Desaint violin of 1686, the Paganini-Conte Cozio di Salabue violin of 1727 and the Paganini-Mendelssohn viola of 1731, comprise the Paganini Quartet. On loan to Raphael Paratore of the Goldmund Quartet.