1686 - Violin (attr.)

The top, probably made at the beginning of the eighteenth century, is attributed to a pupil of Giovanni Battista Rogeri. The back is two-piece of maple of medium curl, ascending from a center joint.

  • 1686, Cremona
  • Nicola[u]s Amatus Cremonen. Hieronimi Fil. ac [Antonij] Nepos Fecit 1686 (apocryphal?)
  • 35.2 cm
  • Hug & Co., Zurich, December 20, 1940, which ascribes the instrument at Nicolò Amati 1683.
  • The dendrochronology of the top made by Peter Ratcliff, London, September 18, 2013, has dated the latest rings in 1714 for the basses and 1719 for the treble.
  • Auctioned by Tarisio in June 18, 2014
creato:giovedì 5 giugno 2014
modificato:giovedì 23 marzo 2017