di Amati Antonio & Gerolamo I

1620 - Viola "Wittgenstein"

The front is of spruce of fine grain, widening to the flanks. The back is two-piece of maple of fine to medium curl, descending to the right. The nose has a seal portraying a female face. The ribs and the scroll are of wood similar tot the back. The varnish is golden-brown.

  • 1620, Cremona
  • 24.3 cm
  • Antonio & Hieronimus Fr. Amati / Cremonen Andrea F. 1620
  • 43.0 cm
  • 19.6 cm
  • 13.1 cm
  • Paul Wittgenstein 1931/38; Johann Stübiger 1938; Emil Herrmann 1940; Maulsby Kimball (Buffalo, NY) 1940; Juan Luis Prieto (Mexico City) 2002; Machold Rare Violins, Ltd. 2002; Dr. Herbert R. Axelrod 2002/03; New Jersey Symphony Orchestra 2003/07; Group of investors led by Brook & Seth Taube 2007
  • Hamma 1932; Jalovec 1952; Axelrod 2002; Wakin 2004; S. a. 2004 (III); Lim-Singer 2006; S. a. 2007 (I); S. a. 2007 (II); Waugh 2008
creato:lunedì 11 marzo 2013
modificato:giovedì 23 marzo 2017