Andrea Amati


Violin maker
(c. 1505 – 1577)

Known as the founding father of the violin, Andrea Amati appears to have been responsible for creating the definitive modern form of the instrument. His basic design was refined by later makers, particularly Stradivari, but in essence it remains unchanged today.

Details about Amati are scanty and largely derived from his instruments, of which few survive. He was sufficiently famous during ...Read More his lifetime to be commissioned to make a set of decorated instruments for Charles IX of France. These included two sizes of violin, tenor violas and large cellos. His earliest instrument is thought to be from 1546, though that instrument has been lost. The earliest existing instrument from Andrea is dated 1564.

Amati's two sons, Antonio and Girolamo, inherited the family workshop after his death in 1577, refining their father's models and further establishing the great Cremonese tradition of violin making. Read Less


Price History

- The auction record for this maker is $327,282 in Jun 2023, for a violin.
- 9 auction price results.

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Amati family tree

Instruments

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Small Violin - c. 1564
Cremona
the 'Charles IX'

Small Violin - 1566
Cremona
the 'Charles IX, Barker, Tullie House'

Small Violin - 1574
Cremona
the 'Corbett, Bowles, Hill'

Cello - c. 1570
Cremona
the 'King, Il Re, Witten-Rawlings'

Cello - c. 1575
Cremona
the 'Berger'

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