di Amati Nicolò

1645 c. - Violin

The back is one-piece of maple of irregular narrow curl, descending to the right.

  • 1643 c., Cremona
  • Nicolaus Amatus Cremonen. Hieronymi Fil. ac Antonij Nepos Fecit 1647
  • 35.2 cm
  • Langonet & Son, London, April 11, 1952; J. & A. Beare, London, September 23, 1959; Hamma & Co., Stuttgart, May 5, 1961; Rembert Wurlitzer, Inc., New York, January 31, 1964
  • Sotheby's 2003 (II); Ingles-Dilworth 2006
  • In the certificate of 1952, C. F. Langonet & Son have claimed that the instrument was built by Antonio Stradivari in the workshop of N. Amati, while Hamma, in 1959, he ascribed only the scroll at Stradivari. Beare and Wurlitzer not commented on the matter.

creato:martedì 26 marzo 2013
modificato:giovedì 23 marzo 2017