Girolamo Amati I, Cremona, 1609
Small Violin: 42945
Label bearing Girolamo's name only.
Back: One-piece cut on the slab
Scroll: plain
Ribs: of plainer wood
Length of back: 34.1 cm
Upper bouts: 15.6 cm
Middle bouts: 10.5 cm
Lower bouts: 19.3 cm
There are 4 additional images in the archive which are not available publicly. Please contact us for more information.
Notes:
"This violin exhibits emarkably low arching on the top, but fuller arching on the back, compared to the more balanced arching of Andrea and the higher-arched 'Grand Pattern' model developed by Nicolò."The Amatis' DNA, Fausto Cacciatori, Bruce Carlson & Carlo Chiesa, the Amatis' DNA: A Dynasty of Stringed Instrument Makers in Cremona, Cremona
This violin is of the smaller Amati model, about a centimeter shorter than the standard violin. It has a noticeably flat top arching combined with more pronounced back arching.
Provenance
| in c. 1800 | Pietro Verri |
| ... | ... |
| in 1937 | Countess Emilia Laura Melzi and Donna Nora Parrochetti Melzi |
| until 1968 | Bisiach |
| 1968-1984 | Laurence C. Witten |
| from 1984 | Shrine to Music, National Music Museum, South Dakota |
References
The Strad 1997 Calendar, Orpheus Publications, London (illustrated)
Girolamo Amati violin; Shrine to Music Museum- L'Esposizione di Liuteria Antica a Cremona nel 1937, Comitato Stradivariano, Cremona (illustrated)
- the Amatis' DNA: A Dynasty of Stringed Instrument Makers in Cremona, Fausto Cacciatori, Bruce Carlson & Carlo Chiesa, Consorzio Liutai Antonio Stradivari Cremona, Cremona (illustrated)