di Amati Antonio & Gerolamo I

1629 - Violin

The back is two-piece of open-grained spruce, with many fractures: five in the left lower bout, two in the right lower bout and two in the upper right bout. The back is two-piece of maple of faint descending curl. The nose is reinforced.The ribs are of wood similar to back, except for the right upper one, of different wood. The purflings are wide and impeccably made. The varnish is yellow.

  • 1629, Cremona
  • Antonius & Hieronymus Fr. Amati Cremonen Andrea fil. F. 1629 (possibly original)
  • 35.1 cm
  • 16.3 cm
  • 11.15 cm
  • 20.15 cm
  • Moscow (RU), Russian State Collection
  • Pavel Vasilievich Zubov 1920; Russian State Collection 1920
  • Pavel Vasilievich Zubov 1920; Russian State Collection 1920
  • 1988, Cremona: Stradivari e i grandi liutai cremonesi dall'URSS
  • AA.VV. 1988; Hargrave 1992; S. a. 2004
  • Luthier Etienne Vatelot, from Paris, has suggested that the instrument could be attributed to Nicolò Amati.
creato:giovedì 8 marzo 2012
modificato:giovedì 23 marzo 2017