Andrea Amati, Cremona, c. 1559
Violin: 40032
Unlabeled.
Back: Two-piece, with medium, irregular and superficial grain, sloping from right to left
Top: One-piece of spruce, medium-grained in the center and getting narrower towards the edges
Scroll: Not original, of wood similar to the back; possibly not original
Ribs: Of maple with a curl deeper than the back. Bearing the motto 'Quo unico propugnaculo stat stabique religio'
Varnish: Orange brown on a golden background
Length of back: 35.5 cm
Upper bouts: 16.3 cm
Middle bouts: 11.05 cm
Lower bouts: 22 cm
Notes:
"The coat of arms on the back has been deliberately removed, probably to hide the original ownership, but the ribs still retain a considerable amount of the original varnish; it bears the same motto as the one in the Kurtz violin and in the Witten viola."Capolavari di Andrea Amati, Charles Beare, Bruce Carlson & Andrea Mosconi, Capolavori di Andrea Amati, Cremona
Provenance
| in 1977 | Sold by John & Arthur Beare |
| 1977-1984 | Laurence C. Witten |
| from 1984 | Shrine to Music, National Music Museum, South Dakota |
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: John & Arthur Beare, London (1977)
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References
Andrea Amati Opera omnia: Les Violons du Roi, Fausto Cacciatori, editor, Consorzo Liutai Antonio Stradivari, Cremona (illustrated)
Andrea Amati violin; Shrine to Music Museum- Capolavori di Andrea Amati, Charles Beare, Bruce Carlson & Andrea Mosconi, Ente Triennale Internazionale Degli Strumenti, Cremona (illustrated)
- Luthiers Library (illustrated)
- The Strad, June, 1985, Roger Hargrave, London (illustrated)
- The Strad 2009 Calendar: The Museum Collection, Newsquest Specialist Media, London (illustrated)
- Early Music, Laurence C. Witten II, October, 1982 (illustrated)