# Artifacts: The Stradivari "secret"

> The 20 artifacts of The Stradivari "secret": photos, scans, transcriptions and documents, each with its own catalog key.

Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stradivari-secret/artifacts  
Publisher: Mysteries Department  
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page)  

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**MYS** 0CQAGHPG1DX9·[The Stradivari "secret"](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stradivari-secret)

# Artifacts 20

Every copy this mystery rests on, each with its own key and its distance from the original.

Photo1 step from object

[Photograph: The Stradivari "secret"](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stradivari-secret/copies/CPY0CQAGHEP1DRK/photograph-the-stradivari-secret)

Mouilleron, Adolphe, dessinateur-lithographe · CC0

Photo1 step from object

["Gould" violin, Antonio Stradivari, 1693 (Met 55.86a–c): photograph](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stradivari-secret/copies/CPY0CQAH03E3TXM/gould-violin-antonio-stradivari-1693-met-55-86ac-photograph)

Antonio Stradivari · CC0

Photo1 step from object

["Gould" violin, Antonio Stradivari, 1693 (Met 55.86a–c): photograph](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stradivari-secret/copies/CPY0CQAH0B83JP7/gould-violin-antonio-stradivari-1693-met-55-86ac-photograph)

Antonio Stradivari · CC0

Photo1 step from object

["Gould" violin, Antonio Stradivari, 1693 (Met 55.86a–c): photo](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stradivari-secret/copies/CPY0CQAH0B86DCK/gould-violin-antonio-stradivari-1693-met-55-86ac-photo)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · CC0

Photo1 step from object

["Gould" violin, Antonio Stradivari, 1693 (Met 55.86a–c): photograph](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stradivari-secret/copies/CPY0CQAH0K256PM/gould-violin-antonio-stradivari-1693-met-55-86ac-photograph)

Antonio Stradivari · CC0

Photo1 step from object

["Gould" violin, Antonio Stradivari, 1693 (Met 55.86a–c): photo](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stradivari-secret/copies/CPY0CQAH0K25MWG/gould-violin-antonio-stradivari-1693-met-55-86ac-photo)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · CC0

Photo1 step from object

["Francesca" violin, Antonio Stradivari, 1694 (Met 34.86.2a): photo](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stradivari-secret/copies/CPY0CQAH12P1S91/francesca-violin-antonio-stradivari-1694-met-34-86-2a-photo)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · CC0

Photo1 step from object

[The "Messiah" violin, labelled 1716: photo](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stradivari-secret/copies/CPY0CQAH1AG2BJ2/the-messiah-violin-labelled-1716-photo)

Geni · CC BY-SA 4.0

Photo1 step from object

["Francesca" violin, Antonio Stradivari, 1694 (Met 34.86.2a): photograph](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stradivari-secret/copies/CPY0CQAH1AG6RP2/francesca-violin-antonio-stradivari-1694-met-34-86-2a)

Antonio Stradivari · CC0

Photo1 step from object

["Antonius" violin, Antonio Stradivari, 1711 (Met 34.86.1a): photo](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stradivari-secret/copies/CPY0CQAH1JA013E/antonius-violin-antonio-stradivari-1711-met-34-86-1a-photo)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · CC0

Dataset2 steps from object

[The "Messiah" violin, labelled 1716: dataset](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stradivari-secret/copies/CPY0CQAH1JA0DK6/the-messiah-violin-labelled-1716-dataset)

Henri Grissino-Mayer · Public domain (US government work)

Photo1 step from object

["Francesca" violin, Antonio Stradivari, 1694 (Met 34.86.2a): photograph](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stradivari-secret/copies/CPY0CQAH1JA5BP4/francesca-violin-antonio-stradivari-1694-met-34-86-2a)

Antonio Stradivari · CC0

Photo1 step from object

["Francesca" violin, Antonio Stradivari, 1694 (Met 34.86.2a): photograph](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stradivari-secret/copies/CPY0CQAH1T430F6/francesca-violin-antonio-stradivari-1694-met-34-86-2a)

Antonio Stradivari · CC0

Document2 steps from object

[Wood and varnish micro-samples from Stradivari and Guarneri instruments: document](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stradivari-secret/copies/CPY0CQAH21Y5WJK/wood-and-varnish-micro-samples-from-stradivari-and-guarneri)

Nagyvary and colleagues · CC BY (PLOS ONE)

Document2 steps from object

[Wood and varnish micro-samples from Stradivari and Guarneri instruments: document](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stradivari-secret/copies/CPY0CQAH29R5S3D/wood-and-varnish-micro-samples-from-stradivari-and-guarneri)

Tai and colleagues · publisher

Photo1 step from object

["Antonius" violin, Antonio Stradivari, 1711 (Met 34.86.1a): photograph](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stradivari-secret/copies/CPY0CQAH2HJ04VC/antonius-violin-antonio-stradivari-1711-met-34-86-1a)

Antonio Stradivari · CC0

Document2 steps from object

[Wood and varnish micro-samples from Stradivari and Guarneri instruments: document](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stradivari-secret/copies/CPY0CQAH2HJ3DR9/wood-and-varnish-micro-samples-from-stradivari-and-guarneri)

Echard and colleagues · publisher

Photo1 step from object

["Antonius" violin, Antonio Stradivari, 1711 (Met 34.86.1a): photograph](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stradivari-secret/copies/CPY0CQAH2SC4V48/antonius-violin-antonio-stradivari-1711-met-34-86-1a)

Antonio Stradivari · CC0

Scan2 steps from object

[CT density scans of Cremonese and modern violins: scan](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stradivari-secret/copies/CPY0CQAH31644WT/ct-density-scans-of-cremonese-and-modern-violins-scan)

Berend Stoel and Terry Borman · CC BY (PLOS ONE)

Photo1 step from object

[The "Messiah" violin, labelled 1716: picture](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stradivari-secret/copies/CPY0CQAH3GT0NRB/the-messiah-violin-labelled-1716-picture)

Geni · CC BY-SA 4.0