di Amati Antonio & Gerolamo I

1611 - Bass-Viola

The front is two-piece of spruce of fine grain. It has beaks at the c-bouts, prominent boards and f-holes. The back is two - piece of curly maple, curved until the bump, which is flat. The nose is carved with a letter "M", which probably refers to the Gand Dukes Medici family.
The ribs are of wood similar to the back.
The pegbox  ends with the scroll.
The varnish is golden-brown.
It has six strings and the fitting up is baroque, but probably not original.

  • 1611, Cremona
  • Antonius, & Hieronymus Fr. Amat[i] / Cremonen. Andreae fil. F. 1611
  • Oxford (GB), The Asmolean Museum
  • W.E. Hill & Sons, Havensfield, 1938; Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, Hill Collection 1938
  • Boyden 1979; Whistler 2008; Milnes 2011
creato:domenica 20 maggio 2012
modificato:giovedì 23 marzo 2017