This instrument was made during the last years of Stradivari’s ‘Golden Period’. It bears an original label dated 1720 and is named after a member of the L’Evêque (also spelled Lévêque or Leveque) family, who resided in La Rochelle, France. William Henley and Herbert K. Goodkind also listed the violin under the name ‘The Bishop’.
More information: Antonio Stradivari Set 1, Volume 3, Page 256