di Amati Nicolò

1660 c. - Violin

The top of spruce has some fractures on the lower left bout and the boards of the left C-bouts is probably remade. The back is two-piece of maple, ascending from the center joint. The ribs are of medium flamed maple, with small fractures on the upper and lower right bouts. The nose is remade. The fitting up is modern. The varnish is reddish-brown.

  • 1670 c., Cremona
  • Nicola Amati . . .
  • 35.3 cm
  • 16.2 cm
  • 11.3 cm
  • 19.9 cm
  • Mosca (RU), Russian State Collection
  • Mosca (RU), Collezione Statale degli Strumenti Musicali 1919
  • 1988, Cremona: Stradivari e i grandi liutai cremonesi dall'URSS
  • Vitachek 1952; AA.VV. 1988
  • There are attribution issues: the label inside the instrument is of Nicolò Amati, but all the specialists agree on the attribution to Andrea Guarneri.
creato:giovedì 8 marzo 2012
modificato:giovedì 23 marzo 2017