Nicolò Amati, Cremona, 1649, the 'Alard'
Violin: 40103
Labeled, "Nicolaus Amatus Cremonen. Hieronymi Fil. ac Antonij Nepos, Fecit 1649."
Back: Two-piece, quarter sawn maple.
Top: Pine of even, open grain
Scroll: Original
Varnish: Golden-brown
Length of back: 35.0 cm
Upper bouts: 16.25 cm
Middle bouts: 10.6 cm
Lower bouts: 20.15 cm
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Provenance
| until c. 1880 | Delphin Alard |
| in c. 1880 | Sold by David Laurie |
| c. 1880-c. 1905 | Baron Johann Knoop |
| in 1905 | Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons |
| 1905-c. 1906 | Miss Gidley |
| in 1908 | Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons |
| 1908-1909 | F. L. Bevan |
| in 1913 | Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons |
| 1913-1926 | Richard Bennett |
| c. 1926-1945 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| 1945-c. 1947 | Frederick Popple |
| until 1948 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| from 1948 | Ashmolean Museum, Hill Collection, University of Oxford |
References
A Genealogy of the Amati Family of Violin Makers: 1500-1740, Daniel Draley, The Maecenas Press, Iowa City (illustrated)- Cremona: An Account of the Italian Violin Maker & Their Instruments, Friedrich Niederheitmann, Robert Cocks & Co., London, 1894
- The Strad, December, 2004, Alvin Thomas King, Newsquest Specialist Media, London (illustrated)
- Il Legno si fa Musica, le mostre della Cassa di Risparmio, Verona (illustrated)
- Musical Instruments in the Ashmolean Museum: The Complete Collection, John Milnes, editor, Oxford Musical Instrument Publishing, Oxford (illustrated)
- The Strad, March, 1992, Roger Hargrave, Orpheus, London (illustrated)
- The Strad, March, 1992, Orpheus, London (illustrated)
- Stradivari Varnish: Scientific Analysis of his Finishing Technique on Selected Instruments, Brigitte Brandmair & Stefan-Peter Greiner (illustrated)
- Stringed Instruments: Viols, Violins, Citterns, and Guitars in the Ashmolean Museum, Harvey S. Whistler, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (illustrated)
- The Hill Collection of Musical Instruments, David D. Boyden, Oxford University Press, London (illustrated)
- The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)
- Journal of the Violin Society of America, Vol. IX, No. 3, Daniel Draley, The Queens College Press, Flushing, NY (illustrated)
- Viols, Violins and Virginals, Jennifer A. Charlton, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (illustrated)