All Gallery articles – Page 6
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GalleryFrom the Archive: the Stradivarius 'Barjansky' cello, 1684
This illustration of the Barjansky Stradivarius cello was published in The Strad, August 1983. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:Sotheby's auction on 23 June was another of their marathon events, divided into two sessions, and there were some sensational prices among the important ...
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a Stradivarius violin from the 1695 period
This illustration of a violin by Antonio Stradivari was published in The Strad, April 1983. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:This violin, which is not recorded in any of the books listing Stradivari's works, belongs to the 1695 era, the so-called long Strad ...
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a violin by J.B. Salomon, 1750
This illustration of a violin by Jean Baptiste-Deshayes Salomon was published in The Strad, April 1983. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:The work of Jean Baptiste-Deshayes Salomon is definitely Italianate and appears to have been influenced by the peculiarities of the mid-18th-century Roman ...
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GalleryFrom the Archive: Antonius and Hieronymus Amati 'Henry IV' violin, Cremona, 1595
This illustration of a violin by Antonius and Hieronymus Amati was published in The Strad, April 1983. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:Decorated violins are as old as the instrument itself. Andrea Amati of Cremona, credited with being the first known violin maker, ...
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GalleryFrom the Archive: copy of a late Stradivarius violin by Nicholas Lupot
This illustration of a violin by Nicholas Lupot was published in The Strad, February 1983. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:Lupot was the first maker, together with his colleague Francois Pique, to recognise and establish beyond doubt the superiority of the Stradivarius model and to ...
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a violin by Carlo Ferdinando Landolphi, Milan, 1752
This illustration of a violin by Carlo Ferdinando Landolphi was published in The Strad, October 1982. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:The earliest records say that this instrument was owned by Count Alfred Belissa of Genoa. A letter written on the Count's personal stationary stated ...
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a viola by J.F. Guidantus, 1737
This illustration of a viola by J.F. Guidantus was published in The Strad, August 1982. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:In the June 1982 London sales, among the sought-after instruments at Christie's was a J.F. Guidantus 1737 viola, which predictably exceeded its estimate by realising ...
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a cello by Glen Collins, 'The Royal Charles', 1982
This illustration of a cello by Glen Collins was published in The Strad, August 1982. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:It has been a long standing ambition of luthier Glen A. Collins to make a cello for HRH the Prince of Wales. Collins started corresponding ...
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a cello by G.B. Rugeri of Cremona
This illustration of a cello by G.B. Rugeri was published in The Strad, June 1982. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:This cello has a distinguished history. It was brought from Italy to pass into the possession of King George IV and then to the Duke ...
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a violin by Alfredo Galea, 1979
This illustration of a violin by Alfredo Galea was published in The Strad, March 1982. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:Among the Italian violins produced in this century, the instruments of Alfredo G. Galea merit special appreciation for their lustrous and flexible tone. After a ...
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a violin by Sam Daniels, Jerome, Idaho, 1977
This illustration of a violin by Sam Daniels was published in The Strad, August 1980. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:Sam Daniels was born in 1915 in Idaho. His first attempt at making a violin was in 1936, when Sam ordered a kit from the ...
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GalleryFrom the Archive: the 'Reynolds' Maggini violin, 1610
This illustration of a violin by Giovanni Paolo Maggini was published in The Strad, May 1980. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photograph:This violin by Giovanni Paolo Maggini of 1610 is in virtually mint condition . Authenticated violins by this Brescian maker are at best infrequent ...
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a violin by Giovanni Paolo Maggini, Brescia c.1600
This illustration of a violin by Giovanni Paolo Maggini was published in The Strad, January 1980. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:On the good authority of William E Hill and Sons, who certified the instrument on March 16 1955, the violin (with the exception of ...
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a violin by Barak Norman, London 1704
This illustration of a violin by Barak Norman was published in The Strad, February 1979. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:Barak Norman, who is among the best of the Old English School of viol and violin makers, was probably a pupil of Thomas Urquhart, a ...
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a violincello by William Forster II, London, c.1785
This illustration of a cello by William Forster was published in The Strad, April 1979. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:William Forster II, generally referred to as 'Old Forster' and sometimes as 'Royal Forster', was born at Brampton, Cumberland in 1739, and died in London ...
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a viola by Jacobus Horil, Rome, 1741
This illustration of a viola by Jacobus Horil was published in The Strad, December 1978. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:Jacobus Horil was a Viennese maker who worked from 1720 to around 1758. Like a number of makers working in Vienna he was probably of ...
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a viola by Hieronymus Amati II, Cremona, 1705
This illustration of a viola by Hieronymus Amati II was published in The Strad, November 1978. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs: A superb example of the work of Hieronymus Amati, son of Nicolo, this instrument's label is dated Cremona 1705. According ...
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GalleryFrom the Archive: A violin by Anselmo Bellosio, Venice, c.1780
This illustration of a violin by Anselmo Bellosio was published in The Strad, June 1978. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs: This typical example of the work of Anselmo Bellosio is unlabelled but dates from around 1780, the closing years of its maker's life. Anselmo ...
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a Craske viola c.1860
This illustration of a viola by Jacob Craske was published in The Strad, April 1976. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:The recent record price of £1,300 obtained at Philips for a 15 5/8' viola by George Craske circa 1680 has tended to throw something of ...
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GalleryFrom the Archive: A violin by Giuseppe Guarneri 'del Gesù', Cremona 1734, 'The Gillott'
This illustration of a violin by Giuseppe Guarneri 'del Gesù' was published in The Strad, November 1977. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:In due course the 1734 'del Gesù' passed via John Hart's to Joseph Gillott, renowned pen manufacturer, but whose fame is more likely ...
