Nicolò Amati, Cremona, 1683, the 'Spagnoletti'

Violin: 31738

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Labeled, "Nicolaus Amatus Cremonen Hieronymi Fil., ac Antonii Nepos fecit, 1663."

Showing the collaboration of Girolamo Amati II.

Back: Two-piece of quarter cut maple with medium flame descending from the center.

Top: of fine grain on the treble side, broader on the bass side

Scroll: of less pronounced figure

Ribs: of broader figure

Varnish: of a golden-brown color

Length of back: 35.3 cm

Upper bouts: 16.3 cm

Middle bouts: 11.1 cm

Lower bouts: 20.1 cm

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Provenance

in 1946	Sold by John & Arthur Beare
...	...
1982-1984	Anonymous
in 1986	Sold by Bein & Fushi, Inc
from 1986	Hyacinthe Tlucek
until 2012	Anonymous
in 2012	Sold by Tarisio Private Sales
from 2012	Current owner

Letter: Charles Beare, London (1988)
Certificate: Bein & Fushi, Inc, Chicago, IL (1986)
Certificate: John & Arthur Beare, London (1946)
Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1946) Before 1946
Letter: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1946) Alfred Hill: I consider it a most representative fiddle of this interesting type of the maker's work" and mentions that the name Spagnoletti was found written on it. Before 1946
Letter: W. E. Hill & Sons, London

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The Strad, July, 1946, London (illustrated)
Bein & Fushi 1985 Calendar, Bein & Fushi, Inc, Bein & Fushi, Chicago (illustrated)
The ‘Spagnoletti’ Amati, c. 1683, Cozio Carteggio feature, 2012