Nicolò Amati, Cremona, 1680
Violin: 44148
Labeled, "Nicolaus Amatus Cremonen. Hieronymi Fil. as Antonij Nepos fecit 1680."
Back: Two-piece of medium curl ascending from the joint
Top: of medium grain in the center, opening out towardsthe flanks
Scroll: of faint medium curl
Ribs: of curl similar to back
Varnish: Golden
Length of back: 35.2 cm
Provenance
until 1959 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
from 1959 | Morrison Dunbar |
in 1985 | Sold by Sotheby's |
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1959)
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References
Four Centuries of Violin Making: Fine Instruments from the Sotheby's Archive, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, Boston (illustrated)
The Strad, December, 1996, Orpheus, London (illustrated)
Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, Part I, November 14, 1985, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)
Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, Part II, November 14, 1985, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)
- Sotheby's Photo Archive
W. E. Hill & Sons Photographic Archive (illustrated)