di Amati Andrea I

1560/74 - Cello

Originally a bigger instrument, reduced and deeply modified. The belly is of spruce, of medium-fine grain. The back is two-piece of fine and pronounced curly maple, with clear traces of the royal coat of arms of King Charles IX of France. The gilt lettering "IET" - "TE" - "IVSTIT" - "TAT" - "IV" of the motto PIETATE ET IVSTICIA is visible on the ribs and the K which stands for KAROLUS is on the CC.

  • 1560/74, Cremona
  • ANDREA.AMADI.IN. / CREMONA.M.D.LXXII
  • 74 cm
  • 34,5 cm
  • 23,7 cm
  • 43,6 cm
  • 12,9 cm
  • 7,05 cm
  • 12,3 cm
  • 4,95 cm
  • 12,4 cm
  • 20,7 cm
  • Lyon (F), Collezione Jean Frédérich Schmitt; Paris, Musée de la Musique-Philarmonie
  • E.2020.1.1.
  • The instrument was sold at an auction at the Hotel Drouot in Paris, on December 22th1908 and in 1982.
  • Simoutre 1908; Joseph Chardon 1908; Chardon family 1982; Jean Frederic Schmitt (Lyon) 1982
  • 2007, Cremona: Andrea Amati. Opera Omnia, Les Violons du Roi
  • Witten 1982; Cacciatori 2007; Échart 2020; Échart 2022
creato:giovedì 8 marzo 2012
modificato:sabato 18 gennaio 2025