Girolamo Amati II
Violin maker
(1649 – 1740)
Nicolò Amati's great success in fostering the art of violin making in Cremona produced a generation of luminaries, including Francesco and Vincenzo Rugeri, Andrea Guarneri, and Antonio Stradivari, and contributed to the spread of violin making to other cities. Unfortunately for his son Girolamo (or Hieronymous) Amati II, as a result of that expansion the late 17th century was a fiercely competitive environment for violin making. Despite his perseverance and some modest success after inheriting his father Nicolò's shop in 1684, Girolamo left Cremona for Piacenza in 1697, probably because of legal and financial problems. Instruments dated after 1700 are very rare, and his death in 1740 marked the end of the great Amati family of violin makers.
Price History
- The auction record for this maker is $917,453 in Oct 2018, for a violin.
- 23 auction price results.
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Amati family tree
Instruments
Violin -
1671
Cremona
Violin -
1675
Cremona
Violin -
1678
Cremona
the ''ex Faltin''
Violin -
1685
Cremona
Violin -
1685
Cremona
Violin -
1686
Cremona
the 'Pearl, Rising Sun'
Violin -
1691
Cremona
Violin -
1692
Cremona
Violin -
1693
Cremona
Violin -
1693
Cremona
Violin -
1693
Cremona
the 'Corbett; Bennett'
Violin -
1696
Cremona
Violin -
1696
Cremona
Violin -
1698
Cremona
the 'Craig'
Violin -
1710
Cremona
Violin -
1719
Cremona
Violin -
No Date
Cremona
Viola -
1705
Cremona
Small Violin -
No Date
Cremona
Cello -
1690
Cremona
Cello -
1690
Cremona
the 'Bonjour'
Cello -
c. 1700
Cremona
Cello -
1723
Cremona
the 'Baron Knoop'
