di Amati Antonio & Gerolamo I

1590 c. - Viola "Henry IV"

The belly is of spruce, with an open and well-defined grain.The back is one-piece of maple, The back is one-piece of maple, with a painting of the armorial bearings of Henry IV of France and Navaree. The ribs are of wood similar to the back, with fragments of the gilt letters of the motto: DVO PROTEGI TVNVS. The scroll is of faint narrow curl. The varnish is red-brown.

  • 1590 c., Cremona
  • Andrea Amadi in Cremona MDLXXIIII
  • 42.2 cm
  • 20 cm
  • 12.9 cm
  • 24.3 cm
  • W. E. Hill & Sons, London, August 2, 1935
  • George Herbert 1890; Miss E.A. Willmott; W.E. Hill & Sons 1935; Antonio Antoncich (Valparaiso, Cile) 1935; Capitano Edgar K. Thompson 1980
  • Riley 1978; Riley 1980; Sotheby's 1981 (I)
creato:venerdì 22 febbraio 2013
modificato:giovedì 23 marzo 2017