1600/1660 c. - Composite Violin

Altered instrument at the top with ribs and back, in two piece of maples with a medium-narrow curl, descending to the left, assigned to the Amati brothers, c. 1600, but signed inside: Tononi ... pupil of ... Soundboard of fir tree assigned to Nicolò Amati, c. 1660. Scroll of Italian violin making of the 18th century.

  • 1600-1660 c., Cremona
  • Carlo Tononi Bolognese, fece in Venezia l'a. 1600
  • 34.6 cm
  • Charles Beare, London, Apr. 11, 2017
  • Dendrocronology report: John Topham, Surry (Mar. 7, 2016). Dates the latest rings of the bass and treble side as 1650 and 1648, respectively.
  • Passed by Tarisio Auction, London, June 2017
creato:domenica 11 giugno 2017
modificato:domenica 11 giugno 2017