Nicolò Amati, Cremona, 1654, the 'Brookings'
Violin: 40441
Back: One-piece
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Notes:
Robert Somers Brookings, an economist, founded in 1916 what became the Brookings Institution, a respected private nonprofit public policy organization. He is believed to have acquired this violin in Europe on the advice of Joseph Joachim, the great German virtuoso and Brahms' lifelong friend. Brookings' widow presented the violin to the Library in 1938.Provenance
| until 1938 | Robert Somers Brookings and wife |
| from 1938 | Library of Congress, Washington |
References
Nicolo Amati violin, "Brookings", Library of Congress- The Stringed Instrument Collection in the Library of Congress, Shinichi Yokoyama, Gakken
