Antonio Stradivari (1644-1737) violin maker of Cremona; universally recognized as one of the best violin makers of all time. Frontal close-up of sculpture made of cast bronze with the lost wax process; in 2000; by Gianfranco Paulli (1948); placed in front of the Museum of the Violin of Cremona after being a few years in the arcades adjacent to the Town Hall. The "greatest violin maker Antonio Stradivari" is represented contemplating one of his tools; and applies the paint with a brush of his production: a secret formula that many scholars have tried to unravel. Photo by Elena Piccini; Cremona 2015