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The '''''Messiah-Salabue Stradivarius''''' of [[1716]] is a [[violin]] made by Italian [[luthier]] [[Antonio Stradivari]] of [[Cremona]]. |
The '''''Messiah-Salabue Stradivarius''''' of [[1716]] is a [[violin]] made by Italian [[luthier]] [[Antonio Stradivari]] of [[Cremona]]. |
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''The Messiah'', sobriquet ''Le Messie'', remained in the Stradivarius workshop until his death in [[1737]]. It was then sold by his son Paolo to Count Cozio di Salabue in [[1775]], and for a time, the violin bore the name ''Salabue''. The instrument was then purchased by [[Luigi Tarisio]] in [[1827]], and later by French luthier [[Jean Baptiste Vuillaume]] of Paris purchased the Messiah along with Tarisio's entire collection upon Tarisio’s death in [[1854]]. Vuillaume's son-in-law named it Le Messie because, he said, "[this] violin is like the Messiah of the Jews, because one always waits for him but he never appears." |
''The Messiah'', sobriquet ''Le Messie'', remained in the Stradivarius workshop until his death in [[1737]]. It was then sold by his son Paolo to Count Cozio di Salabue in [[1775]], and for a time, the violin bore the name ''Salabue''. The instrument was then purchased by [[Luigi Tarisio]] in [[1827]], and later by French luthier [[Jean Baptiste Vuillaume]] of Paris purchased the Messiah along with Tarisio's entire collection upon Tarisio’s death in [[1854]]. Vuillaume's son-in-law [[Jean-Delphin Alard]] named it Le Messie because, he said, "[this] violin is like the Messiah of the Jews, because one always waits for him but he never appears." |
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Vuillaume made several copies of this instrument. |
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The ''Messiah'' eventually was bequeathed to the [[Ashmolean Museum]] in [[Oxford]], [[England]]. As a condition in the will of the former owner, the Museum can never allow the violin to be played. |
The ''Messiah'' eventually was bequeathed to the [[Ashmolean Museum]] in [[Oxford]], [[England]]. As a condition in the will of the former owner, the Museum can never allow the violin to be played. |
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Revision as of 20:23, 10 May 2008
The Messiah-Salabue Stradivarius of 1716 is a violin made by Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari of Cremona.
The Messiah, sobriquet Le Messie, remained in the Stradivarius workshop until his death in 1737. It was then sold by his son Paolo to Count Cozio di Salabue in 1775, and for a time, the violin bore the name Salabue. The instrument was then purchased by Luigi Tarisio in 1827, and later by French luthier Jean Baptiste Vuillaume of Paris purchased the Messiah along with Tarisio's entire collection upon Tarisio’s death in 1854. Vuillaume's son-in-law Jean-Delphin Alard named it Le Messie because, he said, "[this] violin is like the Messiah of the Jews, because one always waits for him but he never appears." Vuillaume made several copies of this instrument.
The Messiah eventually was bequeathed to the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England. As a condition in the will of the former owner, the Museum can never allow the violin to be played.
Today, the violin remains unplayed and is almost in its original state as when it was made in 1716. Because of this, it one of the most valuable of all the Stradivari instruments.
The authenticity of the Messiah has been called into question by Stewart Pollens, a conservator at the Metropolitan Museum.[1]
See also
References
- ^ Melik Kaylan. "Connoisseur's Guide False Messiah?". Forbes. Retrieved 2007-04-05.
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