List of Stradivarius instruments


This is a list of Stradivarius string instruments made by members of the house of Antonio Stradivari.

Stradivarius instruments

Violins

This list has 248 entries.
SobriquetYearProvenanceNotes-
ex-Sachs1666Madame SachsHistorically important and one of the earliest known violins by Stradivari. In 2008 for sale by Poesis Fine Instruments.-
Back1666Fridart Foundation-
Dubois1667Canimex Inc.On loan to Alexandre Da Costa.-
Aranyi1667Francis Aranyi Sold at Sotheby's London, 12 November 1986.-
ex-Captain Saville1667Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume
Captain Saville 		Currently on loan to André Rieu.-
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".-
Clisbee1669Mrs. ClisbeeOn exhibition at Museo del Violino, Cremona, Italy, since 2003.-
Oistrakh1671Queen 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.-
Sellière1672Charles IV of Spain-
Spanish; 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 Institution-
Paganini-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 from 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.-
Fleming1681-
Bucher1683On loan to Alma Deutscher since 2019. The loan is administered by the Tarisio Trust.-
Derpinina1683-
Cipriani Potter1683Cipriani Potter-
Cobbett; ex-Holloway1683On loan to Sejong, brokered by the Stradivari Society.-
ex-Croall1684WestLB-
ex-Elphinstone1684Owned since 2005 by Philip Greenberg, artistic director and conductor of the Kiev Philharmonic in the Ukraine.-
The Marquis1685Marchese Spinola
Mark Kaplan		-
ex-Arma Senkrah1685The Ruggeri – StiftungOn loan to Bogdan Bozovic.-
ex-Castelbarco1685-
Eugenie, 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 and a new Violin concerto by Manuel De Sica published by Brilliant Classics.-
Ole Bull1687Ole Bull
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 Emma Meinrenken until 2021.-
Arditi1689Dextra musica AS, NorwayOn loan to Elise Båtnes, concertmaster of the Oslo Philharmonic.-
Spanish I1689Patrimonio Nacional, Palacio Real, Madrid, Spain.Date range 1687–1689; part of a duo of violins referred to as los Decorados and los Palatinos; also collectively known as del Cuarteto Real when included with the Spanish Court viola and cello.-
Spanish II1689Patrimonio Nacional, Palacio Real, Madrid, Spain.Date range 1687–1689; part of a duo of violins referred to as los Decorados and los Palatinos; also collectively known as del Cuarteto Real when included with the Spanish Court viola and cello.-
Ex-Leopold Auer1690On loan to Vadim Gluzman brokered by the Stradivari Society.-
Bingham1690-
Theodor1690Currently in the possession of Reuning violin in Boston, MA, USA.Named after its first known owner, this violin is current in the possession of Reuning violin in Boston.-
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.-
Bennett1692Winterthur-VersicherungenOn loan to Hanna Weinmeister.-
Falmouth1692Gert-Jan Kramer.On loan to Alex Kerr, Concertmaster, Dallas Symphony Orchestra.-
Queux de Saint-Hilaireca.1692Musée de la Musique, ParisLong-pattern. Donated in 1890. On display at the museum.-
Gould1693George Gould.Bequeathed by Gould to the Metropolitan Museum in 1955.-
Harrison1693In the collection of the National Music Museum.-
Baillot-Pommerau1694bFormerly owned by Arthur Catterall, then by Alfredo Campoli.-
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 Annie Bolton Matthews Bryant, 1933.-
Rutson1694Royal Academy of MusicPlayed by Clio Gould.-
Fetzer1695-
Lincoln1695Bequeathed 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.-
1696Owned by Korean-born classical musician, Min-Jin Kym. It was stolen at Euston Station in London in 2010, but recovered in 2013 and was auctioned for £1.38M to English violinist Andrew Bernardi.-
Paganini1697Edvin MartonDima 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 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, 2011-
Cabriac1698-
Baron 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 Lin-
Lady Tennant; Lafont1699Charles Phillipe Lafont
Marguerite Agaranthe Tennant		On 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 Music-
Crespi1699Fridart Foundation-
Berger1700Currently in possession of Bein & Fushi Violins.-
ex-Berglund1699Finnish Cultural Foundation 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 Penny-
Dragonetti1700Nippon Music FoundationFormerly owned by Alfredo Campoli, now played by Veronika Eberle.-
Jupiter1700Giovanni Battista ViottiOwned and played since 1964 by Arnold Belnick, Los Angeles, California.-
Taft; ex-Emil Heermann1700Canada Council for the ArtsOn loan to Nikki Chooi who was from 2009–2012 the recipient of the Council's 1729 Guarneri, now on loan to Chooi's younger brother Timothy Chooi.-
Ward1700United States Library of CongressPresented by Gertrude Clarke Whittall.-
Deveault1701Guy and Maryse DeveaultOn loan to Alexandre Da Costa-
Dushkin1701Chimei MuseumOn loan to Dennis Kim, concertmaster, Pacific Symphony.-
Markees1701Music Chamber of Hong Kong-
Brodsky1702Named after Adolph Brodsky who premiered Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto on this violin on December 4, 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.-
Conte de Fontana; ex-Oistrakh1702Riccardo Brengola
Pro Canale Foundation		Previously loaned to Mariana Sîrbu, currently to Pavel Berman. Previously owned by David Oistrakh. After the 1736 Yusupov it was his second Strad, bought in Paris in 1959 and traded in 1966 for the 1705 Marsick.-
Lukens; Elder Voicu1702A. W. Lukens
Ion Voicu
Romania Culture Ministry		On loan to Alexandru Tomescu until 2023.-
Lord Borwick1702-
King Maximilian Joseph1702Lifetime loan to Berent Korfker.-
Lyall1702-
Antonio Stradivari1703Bundesrepublik DeutschlandExhibited at Musikinstrumentenmuseum, Berlin.-
La Rouse Boughton1703Oesterreichische NationalbankOn loan to Boris Kuschnir of the Kopelman Quartet.-
Lord Newlands1702Nippon Music FoundationOn loan to Suyoen Kim.-
Allegretti1703-
Alsager1703-
Lady Harmsworth1703Paul BartelOn loan to Kristóf Baráti by arrangement with the Stradivarius Society of Chicago.-
Emiliani1703Anne-Sophie Mutter-
Aurora, ex-Foulis1703On loan to Karen Gomyo.-
ex-Liebig1704Baron Liebig
Wolfgang Schneiderhan
Rony Rogoff		Owned by Baron Liebig from 1911; Owned by Wolfgang Schneiderhan from 1952-1991; Owned by Rony Rogoff Currently owned by Dkfm Angelika Prokopp Privatstiftung, on loan to Julian Rachlin.-
Betts1704United States Library of CongressPresented by Gertrude Clarke Whittall.-
Gleni1704-
Sleeping Beauty1704Landeskreditbank Baden-Württemberg – Förderbank On loan to Isabelle Faust. One of the few Stradivari violins to have retained its original neck.-
Prince Obolensky1704On loan to Esther Yoo.-
Baron von der Leyen1705Private ownerAuctioned by Tarisio on 26 April 2012 for $2.6 million.-
ex-Marsick; ex-Oistrakh1705David FultonPreviously owned by David Oistrakh, acquired in trade for the 1702 Conte di Fontana. Currently on loan to James Ehnes.-
ex-Tadolini1706The collection of Mr & Mrs Rin Kei Mei.-
ex-Brüstlein1707Oesterreichische Nationalbank-
La Cathédrale1707Nigel Kennedy-
ex-Prihoda1707Luz LeskowitzPreviously owned by Czech violinist Váša Příhoda, teacher of Luz Leskowitz.-
Hammer1707Christian Hammer Sold at Christie's New York on 16 May 2006 for a record US$3,544,000 after five minutes of bidding.-
1707Russian State Collection, Glinka State Central Museum of Musical Culture, Moscow.-
Davidoff1708Musée de la Musique, ParisBequeathed to the museum in 1887.-
Tua1708Musée de la Musique, ParisDonated to the museum in 1935.-
Burstein; Bagshawe1708Owned by the Jacobs family, loaned to Jeff Thayer, San Diego Symphony concertmaster.-
Huggins1708Nippon Music FoundationOn loan to the most recent winner of the Queen Elisabeth Competition for violin, currently Stella Chen winner of the 2019 edition.-
Regent1708Owned by the Fridart Foundation.-
Ruby1708On loan to Chen Xi brokered by the Stradivari Society.-
Strauss1708On loan to Clara-Jumi Kang brokered by the Stradivari Society.-
Greffuhle1709Donated to the Smithsonian Institution in 1997 by Herbert R. Axelrod. Now part of the Axelrod quartet.-
Berlin Hochschule1709-
ex-Hämmerle; ex-Adler1709Oesterreichische NationalbankOn loan to Rainer Honeck.-
Ernst1709Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, circa 1850–1865
Wilma Neruda, 1872		On loan to Dénes Zsigmondy through 2003.-
Engleman1709Nippon Music Foundation.On loan to Benjamin Beilman-
King Maximilian; Unico1709Axel Springer FoundationOn loan to Michel Schwalbé, concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic ; reported stolen in 1999.-
Viotti; ex-Bruce1709Royal Academy of MusicAllocated 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-Nachéz1709

Violas

There are twelve known extant Stradivari violas.
SobriquetYearProvenanceNotes
Mahler1672Habisreutinger FoundationThe first of the Stradivarius violas; currently on loan to French violist Antoine Tamestit.
Tuscan-Medici Tenor1690Cosimo III de' Medici
Conservatorio Luigi Cherubini
Tuscan-Medici1690Cosimo III de' Medici
Cameron Baird		Commissioned by Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany; currently on loan to the United States Library of Congress.
Axelrod1696Donated to the Smithsonian Institution in 1997 by Herbert R. Axelrod. Now part of the Axelrod quartet.
Archinto1696Royal Academy of Music.
Spanish Court1696Patrimonio Nacional, Palacio Real, Madrid, Spain.Collectively known as del Cuarteto Real when included with the violin duo los Decorados and the Spanish Court cello of 1694.
MacDonald1701Peter SchidlofWas 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 June 25, 2014, but the instrument failed to attract a buyer matching the minimum bid of $45 million.
Kux; Castelbarco1714Fridart FoundationConverted from viol to viola by Jean Baptiste Vuillaume.
The Russian1715Russian State Collection
Cassavetti1727United States Library of CongressPresented by Gertrude Clarke Whittall.
Paganini-Mendelssohn1731Nippon Music FoundationThis 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.
Gibson1734Habisreutinger FoundationCurrently on loan to violist Ursula Sarnthein of the Swiss string trio Trio Oreade.

Cellos

Antonio Stradivari built between 70 and 80 cellos in his lifetime, of which 63 are extant.
SobriquetYearProvenanceNotes
ex Vatican Stradivarius1620*/1703Emmanuel Gradoux-Matt, New York
Bought by Philip Glass for Wendy Sutter
Academia de Arte de Florencia, 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.
1621Nicolás MartiniOn expertise.
ex-Du Pré; ex-Harrell1673
General Kyd; ex-Leo Stern1684Leo Stern
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Robert deMaine		Stolen in 2004 and later recovered.
Marylebone1688Donated to the Smithsonian Institution in 1997 by Herbert R. Axelrod; part of the Axelrod quartet.
Barjansky1690Alexandre Barjansky
Julian Lloyd Webber
ex-Gendron; ex-Lord Speyer1693Edgar Speyer; Kunststiftung NRWOn loan to Maria Kliegel; previously loaned to Maurice Gendron.
Spanish Court or Decorado1694Patrimonio Nacional, Palacio Real, Madrid, SpainCollectively known as Quinteto Real or Quinteto Palatino when included with the violin duo, los Decorados, Bajo Palatino cello of 1700 and the Spanish Court viola of 1696. Is the original quartet. See Juan Ruiz Casaux.
Bajo Palatino1700Patrimonio Nacional, Palacio Real, Madrid, Spaincollectively known as Quinteto Palatino or Quinteto Palatino when included with the violin duo, los Decorados, Spanish Court cello of 1694 and the Spanish Court viola of 1696.
Bonjour1696Abel Bonjour
Canada Council for the Arts		On loan to Bryan Cheng.
Lord Aylesford1696Nippon Music FoundationOn loan to Pablo Ferrández; previously loaned to Danjulo Ishizaka and Janos Starker.
Castelbarco1699United States Library of CongressPresented by Gertrude Clarke Whittall.
Cholmondeley Cello1698Anonymous collectorPurchased in 1988 for a record 682,000
Stauffer; ex-Cristiani1700Jean Louis Duport
Elise Barbier Cristiani		On display at the Civic Museum of Cremona.
Servais1701National Museum of American HistoryOn loan to Anner Bylsma.
Paganini-Countess of Stanlein1707Bernard GreenhouseSold in January 2012 for ca. $6 million to Montreal arts patron; on loan to Stéphane Tétreault.
Boccherini; Romberg1709Formerly played by Pablo Casals.
Markevitch; Delphino1709Owned by the Fridart Foundation.
Gore Booth; Baron Rothschild 1710Rocco 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.
Duport1711Mstislav Rostropovich
Mara1711Heinrich Schiff
Amedeo Baldovino		Lost in July 1963 when Montevideo-Buenos Aires ferry caught fire and sank; later recovered in pieces in its case and rebuilt by W.E. Hill & Sons.
Davidov1712Count Matvei Wielhorski
Karl Davidov
Jacqueline du Pré		On loan to Yo-Yo Ma.
Batta1714Currently displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.
de Vaux1717On loan to Adam Klocek.
Amaryllis Fleming1717ex-Blair-Oliphant, ex-Hegar, ex-Kühn, ex-KüchlerFormerly 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.
Becker1719Hugo Becker
Piatti1720Carlos PrietoFormerly part of the von Mendelssohn family quartet of Stradivari's in Berlin.
Vaslin1723LVMHOn loan to Henri Demarquette.
Baudiot1725Gregor PiatigorskyBequeathed to Evan Drachman by his grandfather Gregor Piatigorsky.
Chevillard1725Museu da Música, Lisbon
Marquis de Corberon; ex-Loeb1726Royal Academy of MusicFormerly 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 Saveuse1726Comte de Saveuse d'Abbeville, Edward Latter, Archibald Hartnell, Michael Edmonds, subsequently lent to Michael Evans.
De Munck; ex-Feuermann1730On loan to Camille Thomas
Pawle1730Chimei MuseumOnce loaned to Yo-Yo Ma in 1999 when Petunias neck was damaged before a concert in Taiwan.
Braga1731On loan to Myung-wha Chung..
Stuart1732Frederick the Great, Steven HonigbergAccording to Vladimir Putin, his friend Sergei Roldugin bought the instrument for $12M.
Paganini-Ladenburg1736Nippon Music Foundation.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 from Goldmund Quartet.

Guitars

Five complete guitars by Stradivari exist, and a few fragments of others – including the neck of a sixth guitar, owned by the Conservatoire de Musique in Paris. These guitars have ten strings, which was typical of the era.
SobriquetYearProvenanceNotes
Hill1688Ashmolean Museum at Oxford Universityex-Kabayao-Dolfus Stradivarius 1724
Sabionari1697Currently the only playable Stradivari guitar. Contemporary to the early painted violins "Sunrise" and "Hellier". Like many other baroque guitars, it had been redesigned to follow the instrumental practice at the beginning of the 19th century. Recently it was restored by Lorenzo Frignani to the original baroque configuration with five-course strings.
Rawlins1700National Music Museum, South Dakota.Previously owned by violinist Louis Krasner.
Vuillaume1711Cite de la Musique, ParisOwned by Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume; acquired 1880

Harps

The only surviving Stradivarius harp is the arpetta, owned by San Pietro a Maiella Music Conservatory in Naples, Italy.

Mandolins

There are two known extant Stradivari mandolins. The Cutler-Challen Choral Mandolino of 1680 is in the collection of the National Music Museum at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, South Dakota. The other, dated ca. 1706, is owned by private collector Charles Beare of London. Known as Mandolino Coristo, it has eight strings.

Bows

A Stradivarius bow, The King Charles IV Violin Bow attributed to the Stradivari Workshop, is currently in the collection of the National Music Museum Object number: 04882, at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, South Dakota. The Rawlins Gallery violin bow, NMM 4882, is attributed to the workshop of Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, ca. 1700. This is one of two bows attributed to the workshop of Antonio Stradivari.
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