This is a list of Stradivarius string instruments made by members of the house of Antonio Stradivari.
Stradivarius instruments
Violins This list has 282 entries.
Early period: 1666–1699 Sobriquet Year Provenance NotesAlumnas Amati, Ashby, Silvestre, Serdet1666Possibly 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-Sachsc. 1666Madame SachsHistorically important and one of the earliest known violins by Stradivari. In 2008 for sale by Poesis Fine Instruments.ex Backc. 1666Fridart FoundationThe violin shows influence from Amati and the model is based on Amati's violins, but the narrow purfling differs from Amati's style.c. 1666The violin was owned by Eugene Sarbu.Aranyi1667Francis Aranyi (collector)Sold at Sotheby's London, 12 November 1986.Dubois1667Canimex Inc.On display at the Chimei Museum.ex-Captain Saville1667Jean-Baptiste VuillaumeCaptain Saville (1901–1907)Currently on loan to André Rieu.Ex Jenkins, Jenkins-Thompson1667Sold at Sotheby's in 1995.Piet – Beare-Biddulph1667Owned by Charles Beare & Peter until 1990 and sold at Machold Rare Violins in 2001.Amatese1668Though 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".Canadian1668Sold at Kenneth Warren & Son in Chicago (1991).Golden Bellca.1668Played by Simone Zgraggen.Clisbee, Francalucci1669Mrs. ClisbeeOn exhibition at Museo del Violino, Cremona, Italy, since 2003.Hill1669Oistrakh1671Queen Elisabeth of BelgiumGlinka Museum, MoscowPreviously 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.Sellière1672Charles IV of SpainSpanish; ex-Faltin1678Finnish Cultural FoundationOn loan to Elina Vähälä. In 2011 it was revealed that the instrument was actually made by Girolamo Amati.Hellier1679Sir Samuel HellierSmithsonian InstitutionPaganini-Desaint1680Nippon Music FoundationThis 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.1680The collection of Mr & Mrs Rin Kei Mei.1681Reynier and Count de LachenaisPresumably presented by Napoleon III to the French violinist Léon Reynier, who sold it to Count de Lachenais of Marseilles in 1881. By the intermediary of Albert Caressa, it became part of the collection of John Wanamaker in 1924, when it was acquired by the Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. in 1929. Its last known owner was Miles Franklin Yount. Reynier also owned a 1727 violin (see below).Fleming1681Bucher1683 On loan to Alma Deutscher since 2019. The loan is administered by the Tarisio Trust.Derpinina1683Cipriani Potter1683Cipriani PotterCobbett; ex-Holloway1683On loan to Sejong Soloists, New York City, brokered by the Stradivari Society.ex-Croall1684WestLBex-Elphinstone1684Owned since 2005 by Philip Greenberg, artistic director and conductor of the Kyiv Philharmonic in Ukraine.The Marquis1685Marchese SpinolaMark Kaplanex-Arma Senkrah1685The Ruggeri – StiftungOn loan to Bogdan Bozovic.ex-Castelbarco1685Eugenie, ex-Mackenzie1685anonymousOn loan to Swang Lin, associate concertmaster, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra.ex-Nachez1686Dr. Winfred and Mr. John Constable.Rosenheim1686William Rosenheim.Goddard1686Miss Goddard; Antonio Fortunato.Ex Bello, Marie Law1687On 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 Bull1687Ole Bull (1844)Donated to the Smithsonian Institution in 1997 by Herbert R. Axelrod; now part of the Axelrod quartet.Mercur-Avery1687On loan to Jonathan Carney, concertmaster of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra since 2002.1688The collection of Mr & Mrs Rin Kei Mei.Baumgartner1689Canada Council for the ArtsOn loan to Alice Lee.Arditi1689Dextra musica AS, NorwayOn loan to Elise Båtnes, concertmaster of the Oslo Philharmonic.Spanish I1689?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 II1689?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 Auer1690 Leopold AuerOn loan to Vadim Gluzman brokered by the Stradivari Society.Bingham1690Theodor1690Named after its first known owner.Boissier-Sarasate1690Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de MadridNamed after its owner, this violin is one of two Stradivarius instruments which previously belonged to Navarrese musician Pablo de Sarasate.Ex-Ries1691Reinhold Würth Music FoundationOn loan to József Lendvay Jr. since 2008. Since October 2020 on loan to German violinist Veronika EberleCzar of Russia, Albrecht, Avery Fisher1692Juilliard SchoolPurchased by Avery Fisher in 1976. Donated to Juilliard School in 1991.Guttmann1692Juilliard SchoolBennett1692Winterthur-VersicherungenOn loan to Hanna Weinmeister.Falmouth1692Gert-Jan Kramer.On loan to Alexander Kerr, concertmaster, Dallas Symphony Orchestra.Queux de Saint-Hilairec.1692Musée de la Musique, ParisLong-pattern (longuet). Donated in 1890. On display at the museum.Gould1693Bequeathed by Gould to the Metropolitan Museum in 1955.Harrison1693In the collection of the National Music Museum in Vermillion, South Dakota.Baillot–Pommerau1694 Pierre BaillotFormerly owned by Arthur Catterall, then by Alfredo Campoli.Phillips of London, Important Musical Instruments Auction Catalogue, 19 November 1996.ex-Halíř or Strad Halir 16941694Karel 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.Francesca1694Metropolitan Museum of ArtBequest of Nanna Matthews Bryant, 1933.Rutson1694Royal Academy of MusicPlayed by Clio Gould.Fetzer1695Lincoln1695Bequeathed 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.ex-Kym1696Owned by Korean-born classical musician, Min-Jin Kym. Stolen at Euston Station in London in 2010, but recovered in 2013 and auctioned for £1.38M to English violinist Andrew Bernardi. Haddock, Cator, Rostal1697Paganini1697 Niccolò PaganiniDima Bilan, together with Evgeni Plushenko and Edvin Marton playing his Stradivarius, won the Eurovision Song Contest 2008.Molitor1697Thought 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)1697Owned 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, 2011Cabriac1698Baron Knoop1698One of eleven Stradivari violins associated with Baron Johann Knoop.Joachim-Kortschak-Field1698Owned by Joseph Joachim 1886–1898, Hugo Kortschak 1925 and Joan Field 1958–1968.Duc de Camposelice1699Cho-Liang LinLady Tennant; Lafont1699Charles Phillipe LafontMarguerite Agaranthe TennantOn loan to Xiang Gao brokered by the Stradivari Society; sold at Christie's auction US$2.032 million, April 2005.Countess Polignac1699On loan to Gil Shaham.Castelbarco1699United States Library of CongressPresented by Gertrude Clarke Whittall.Kustendyke1699Royal Academy of MusicCrespi1699Fridart Foundationex-Berglund1699Finnish 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 Mulgan1699Victoria and Albert MuseumBequeathed by Beatrice Mulgan to the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1937.
Golden period: 1700–1718
Sobriquet Year Provenance NotesBerger1700Currently in possession of Bein & Fushi Violins.ex-Berglund1699Finnish 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 Penny1700Barbara PennyPetri1700Henri PetriDragonetti1700Nippon Music FoundationFormerly owned by Alfredo Campoli, now played by Veronika Eberle.Jupiter1700Giovanni Battista ViottiOwned and played since 1964 by Arnold Belnick, Los Angeles, California.Russian, Margaret, Berson1700Taft; ex-Emil Heermann1700Canada Council for the ArtsOn 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, Heberlein1700San Francisco SymphonyOwned by the San Francisco Symphony since 2002.Ward1700United States Library of CongressPresented by Gertrude Clarke Whittall.Circle, Nachez1701Court Strad1701Deveault1701Guy and Maryse DeveaultOn loan to Alexandre Da CostaDushkin, Sandler1701Samuel Dushkin, Albert SandlerOn loan to Dennis Kim, concertmaster, Pacific Symphony.Ferraresi1701Herbert R. Axelrod, New Jersey SymphonySold at Ingles & Hayday in 2016.Kreutzer, von Hautem1701Rodolphe Kreutzer, Uto UghiMarkees1701Shozo NakajimaBrodsky1702Named 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.Irish1702Pohjola Bank Art Foundation, FinlandOn loan to Rebecca Roozeman.Campoli1702Alfredo Campoli (1959–1961)Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons in 1961.Conte de Fontana; ex-Oistrakh1702Pro Canale FoundationLoaned 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 Taille1702Rafael Druian (1948–1961)Lukens; Edler; Voicu1702A. W. Lukens