The 'Paganini Quartet' Stradivari instruments: quick facts

The 'Paganini Quartet' is a matched set of four Stradivari instruments — two violins, a viola, and a cello — once owned by the legendary violinist Niccolò Paganini. Bringing together four instruments by the same great maker for a single string quartet is extraordinarily rare, which makes the set uniquely important. Over the years the instruments were reunited and have been played by professional quartets. They are now held by the Nippon Music Foundation, which lends them to leading ensembles. The 'Paganini Quartet' shows how Stradivari instruments are valued not only individually but as a complete chamber-music set, and it links the maker to one of history's most famous virtuosos.

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Sources: Tarisio — Cozio Archive of stringed instruments; Library of Congress — Stradivari instruments / Whittall Collection; The Metropolitan Museum of Art — musical instruments collection. Educational information only — not financial, investment, or appraisal advice. See our sources & fact-check policy.