Detailed pictures of classical Italian instruments abound on the web. Some are only published for a time, for example instruments up for auction. Others are in permanent collections. Some images can be seen for free, while others sources charge a fee for access.
Here's a quick guide to great instruments on the web:
- Permanent collections with extensive free image access:
- Browsable free sources with pictures of great instruments:
- Collections with pay access to high quality or extensive images:
- Collections selling technical drawings or posters of great instruments:
- Other important collections:
Some instruments from permanent free access collections:
- The Library of Congress Stringed Instruments Collection
- 1654 Nicolo Amati violin 'Brookings'
- 1690 Stradivari viola 'Tuscan-Medici'
- 1699 Stradivari violin 'Castelbarco'
- 1699 Stradivari cello 'Castelbarco'
- 1700 Stradivari violin 'Ward'
- 1704 Stradivari violin 'Betts'
- 1727 Stradivari viola 'Cassavetti'
- ca 1730 Guarneri 'Del Gesu' violin 'Baron Vitta'
- ca 1730 Guarneri 'Del Gesu' violin 'Kreisler'
- National Music Museum
- after 1564 Peregrino di Zanetto viola
- ca 1560 Andrea Amati viola
- ca 1550 Andrea Amati cello 'King'
- ca 1560 Andrea Amati violin
- 1574 Andrea Amati small violin
- ca 1595 Brothers Amati violin 'King Henry IV'
- 1604 Girolamo Amati violin
- 1609 Girolamo Amati small violin
- 1613 Girolamo Amati piccolo violin
- 1628 Nicolo Amati violin
- before 1632 Giovanni Paolo Maggini violin
- ca 1650 Jacob Stainer tenor viola
- 1664 Andrea Guarneri tenor viola
- 1688 Jacob Stainer violin
- 1693 Stradivari violin 'Harrison'
- 1715 Pietro Giacomo Rogeri violin
- 1781 Nicola Bergonzi viola
- 1793 Pietro Giovanni Mantegazza viola
- 1793 Ferdinando Gagliano piccolo cello
- 1793 Lorenzo Storioni half size violin
- Royal Academy of Music Instrument Collection
- ca 1570 Andrea Amati violin
- ca 1620 Brothers Amati viola
- 1629 Brothers Amati violin
- 1662 Nicolo Amati violin
- ca 1665 Andrea Guarneri violin
- ca 1670 Jacob Stainer violin
- 1671 Nicolo Amati violin
- 1694 Stradivari violin 'Rutson'
- 1696 Stradivari viola 'Archinto'
- 1699 Stradivari violin 'Kustendyke'
- 1709 Stradivari violin 'Viotti ex Bruce'
- 1718 Stradivari violin 'Maurin'
- 1719 Girolamo II Amati violin
- 1727 David Tecchler violin
- ca 1734 Stradivari violin 'Habeneck
- 1737 Antonio Testore violin
- 1741 Carlo Antonio Testore violin
- ca 1753 G.B. Guadagnini violin
- 1755 Nicolo Gagliano violin
- 1765 G.B. Guadagnini violin
- ca 1780 Genaro Gagliano violin
- Spare Bank Instrument Collection
- 1580 Gaspar da Salo bass
- ca 1665 Grancino Brothers viola
- 1670 Francesco Rugeri violin
- 1680 Francesco Rugeri cello
- ca 1680 Francesco Rugeri cello
- 1689 Stradivari violin 'Arditti'
- 1690 Francesco Rugeri cello
- 1695 G.B. Rogeri cello
- 1703 Giuseppe Guarneri 'filius Andrea' violin
- 1710 Matteo Gofriller violin
- 1714 Alessandro Gagliano violin
- 1721 Matteo Gofriller violin
- 1725 Matteo Gofriller cello
- 1735 Carlo Bergonzi violin 'Kreisler'
- 1744 Guarneri 'Del Gesu' violin
- 1747 G.B. Guadagnini violin
- 1748 Gennaro Gagliano cello
- 1751 G.B. Guadagnini violin
- 1752 G.B. Guadagnini violin
- 1754 G.B. Guadagnini violin
- 1759 Tomasso Balestrieri violin
- ca 1775 Lorenzo Storioni violin
- 1781 G.B. Guadagnini viola
- 1784 G.B. Guadagnini viola
- The Ingles & Hayday Four Centuries Gallery
- Andrea Amati -- viola ca 1570
- Brothers Amati -- 1596 violin
- Brothers Amati -- violin ca 1621
- Brothers Amati -- violin ca 1625
- Nicolo Amati -- violin ca 1635
- Nicolo Amati -- violin ca 1640
- Nicolo Amati -- violin ca 1645
- Andrea Guarneri -- violin 1662
- Nicolo Amati -- violin 1665
- Stradivari -- violin 1667 'Jenkins'
- Francesco Ruggieri -- violin ca 1670
- Andrea Guarneri -- violin 1673
- Nicolo Amati -- violin 1680
- Francesco Ruggieri -- violin ca 1680
- Francesco Ruggieri -- violin 1685
- 'Peter of Mantua' Guarneri -- violin 1685
- Francesco Ruggieri -- cello 1689
- Stradivari -- violin 1690 'Stephens'
- Stradivari -- cello ca 1690 'Bonjour'
- Andrea Guarneri -- viola ca 1690
- Girolamo II Amati -- cello ca 1690 'Bonjour'
- Girolamo II Amati -- violin 1693
- Girolamo II Amati -- violin 1693
- Andrea Guarneri -- violin 1694
- Andrea Guarneri -- violin ca 1695
- Francesco Ruggieri -- piccolo violin 1696
- Francesco Ruggieri -- violin 1696
- Andrea Guarneri -- cello 1697
- Stradivari -- violin 1699 'Lady Tennant'
- Matteo Gofriller -- cello 1700
- Matteo Gofriller -- violin 1703
- 'Filius' Guarneri -- violin 1703
- Stradivari -- violin 1703 'Dancla'
- 'Peter of Mantua' Guarneri -- violin 1704
- 'Filius' Guarneri -- violin 1705
- Stradivari -- violin 1707 'La Cathedrale'
- Stradivari -- decorated violin 1709 'Greffuhle'
- 'Filius' Guarneri -- violin 1710
- Stradivari -- cello 1710 'Goore-Booth'
- Stradivari -- violin 1713 'Kux'
- 'Filius' Guarneri -- violin 1714
- Stradivari -- dancing master violin 1720
- Carlo Bergonzi -- violin ca 1720 'Paganini'
- Stradivari -- violin 1721 'Lady Blunt'
- 'Peter of Venice' -- cello 1725
- Stradivari -- violin 1727 'Reynier'
- Stradivari -- violin 1729 'Innes'
- Stradivari -- cello 1730 'Pawle'
- Stradivari -- violin 1732 'Red Diamond'
- Stradivari -- cello ca 1732
- Santo Seraphin -- violin ca 1735
- Carlo Bergonzi -- violin 1736 'Segelman'
- Guarneri 'Del Gesu' -- violin 1736 'Pollitzer'
- Guarneri 'Del Gesu' -- violin 1739 'Menuhin'
- Santo Seraphin -- violin 1739 'Menuhin'
- Santo Seraphin -- violin 1740
- Guarneri 'Del Gesu' -- violin 1741 'Doubleday'
- Guarneri 'Del Gesu' -- violin 1743 'Baron Heath'
- Guarneri 'Del Gesu' -- violin 1744 'Ole Bull'
- 'Peter of Venice' Guarneri -- violin ca 1745
- 'Peter of Venice' Guarneri -- violin ca 1750
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