1560/74 - Cello "Carlo IX"

Originally, it was a bigger instrument. The belly is made of several pieces of spruce, with remainings of many interventions and alterations. Near the tips, some gilt fleur-de-lys are visible. The back is four-pieces of curly maple, it shows the painted gilt decoration of the royal coat of arms of King Charles IX of France, where the year “1566” appears. The ribs, made of maple, present few remainings of the gilt lettering PIETATE ET IVSTICIA. The scroll is not original.

  • 1560/74, Cremona
  • Etichetta apocrifa dei fratelli Amati datata 1556
  • 75,1 cm
  • 34,05 cm
  • 23,15 cm
  • 43,5 cm
  • 11,25 cm
  • 11,77 cm
  • 11,65 cm
  • The Chi-Mei Culture Foundation
  • 1926, December 20, W. E. Hill & Sons, London; 1927, January 10, Buvelot, Paris; 1984, May 26, Machold Rare Violins, Bremen, Zurich, New York, Vienna; 2005 (X-155), March 22, Machold Rare Violins, Bremen, Zurich, New York, Vienna
  • Nicolas Lupot 1793; Mr. Pietté (Neuilly-sur-Seine) 1926; Marguerite Chaigneau-Piazza 1927; Julius Berger (Munich) 2007; The Chi-Mei Culture Foundation 2010
  • 2007, Cremona: Andrea Amati. Opera Omnia, Les Violons du Roi
  • Cacciatori 2007; Biddulph - Chaudière 2008
creato:giovedì 8 marzo 2012
modificato:giovedì 23 marzo 2017