Antonio & Girolamo Amati
Violin maker
(c. 1577 – 1620)
Antonio and Girolamo (or Hieronymous) Amati, also known as Brothers Amati, inherited the workshop of their father Andrea in the late 1570s. The two brothers produced instruments together, developing and strengthening their father's models, which were then copied widely in Italy and in the Netherlands and England. Their large output shows an experimental approach and the many different sizes of violins, violas and cellos they created suggests that they were working with musicians to perfect the tone quality of their instruments.
Following a discordant split in 1588, Girolamo continued to make instruments bearing the Brothers Amati label, while Antonio produced his own instruments, of which few remain. Girolamo's son Nicolo took on a central role in the shop after about 1620, and many of the instruments dated from around 1625 are assumed to be his work. The exact date of Antonio's death is not known, but is believed to be around 1610, and Girolamo died of the plague in 1630, leaving Nicolò as one of the primary and most influential proponents of violin making in Italy.
Price History
- The auction record for this maker is $775,500 in May 2000, for a viola.
- 80 auction price results.
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Amati family tree
Instruments
Violin -
1590
Cremona
the 'Baron Knoop'
Violin -
c. 1595
Cremona
the 'King Henry IV'
Violin -
1595
Cremona
Violin -
1596
Cremona
Violin -
1600
Cremona
Violin -
1608
Cremona
Violin -
1608
Cremona
the 'Grimson'
Violin -
1609
Cremona
Violin -
1610
Cremona
Violin -
1610
Cremona
the 'ex-Galamian'
Violin -
1610
Cremona
Violin -
1611
Cremona
Violin -
1611
Cremona
Violin -
1614
Cremona
Violin -
1614
Cremona
Violin -
1617
Cremona
the 'Lobkowicz'
Violin -
1618
Cremona
the 'Vieuxtemps'
Violin -
1618
Cremona
Violin -
1619
Cremona
Violin -
1619
Cremona
Violin -
1620
Cremona
Violin -
1620
Cremona
Violin -
1623
Cremona
Violin -
1624
Cremona
Violin -
1625
Cremona
Violin -
1625
Cremona
Violin -
1625
Cremona
Violin -
1628
Cremona
Violin -
1628
Cremona
Violin -
1629
Cremona
Violin -
1629
Cremona
Violin -
1635
Cremona
Violin -
No Date
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Violin -
No Date
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Violin -
No Date
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Violin -
No Date
Cremona
Viola -
1580-90
Cremona
the 'Trampler'
Viola -
1592
Cremona
Viola -
1597
Cremona
Viola -
1600
Cremona
the 'Primrose'
Viola -
1607
Cremona
Viola -
1611
Cremona
Viola -
1615
Cremona
the 'Stauffer'
Viola -
1616
Cremona
Viola -
1616
Cremona
Viola -
1617
Cremona
the 'Zukerman, Kashkashian'
Viola -
1619
Cremona
Viola -
1619
Cremona
Viola -
1619
Cremona
the 'Medici, Hamma'
Viola -
1619
Cremona
Viola -
1620
Cremona
Viola -
c. 1620
Cremona
Viola -
1620
the 'Wittgenstein'
Small Violin -
1606
Cremona
Small Violin -
1613
Cremona
Small Violin -
1618
Cremona
Small Violin -
1619
Cremona
Cello -
c. 1595
Cremona
Cello -
c. 1600
Cremona
the 'Amaryllis Fleming'
Cello -
1614
Cremona
Cello -
1616
Cremona
Cello -
1622
Cremona
Cello -
1624
Cremona
Cello -
c. 1625
Cremona
