Andrea Amati, Cremona, 1560, the 'Portuguese'
Small Violin: 45884
Back: One-piece with a wing in the lower treble bout and painted with the royal coat of arms of King Charles IX
Top: not original, by Claude Lebet
Scroll: not original, by Claude Lebet
Ribs: painted with inscription: "PIETATE E IUSTICIA" and the letter "K"
Length of back: 34.0 cm
Upper bouts: 15.5 cm
Middle bouts: 10.7 cm
Lower bouts: 19.5 cm
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Notes:
This instrument is one of the 24 violins (12 large and 12 small) ordered by King Charles IX in 1563. The catalog further states that the painting on the back was probably done by Sofonisba Anguilossa, the court painter of Philippe II of Spain, King Charles' brother-in-law. Most of the 38 instruments made by Andrea Amati for the King Charles are thought to have been destroyed during the French Revolution.Claude Aguttes Instruments Anciens "Cordes et Vent" Auction Catalog, November 24, 2000, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Claude Aguttes Instruments Anciens "Cordes et Vent" Auction Catalog, November 24, 2000, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Neuilly-sur-Seine
Provenance
| King Charles IX of France | |
| in 2005 | Current owner |
References
Andrea Amati Opera omnia: Les Violons du Roi, Fausto Cacciatori, editor, Consorzo Liutai Antonio Stradivari, Cremona (illustrated)- The Strad, July, 2000, Roger Hargrave, Orpheus, London (illustrated)
- Claude Aguttes Instruments Anciens "Cordes et Vent" Auction Catalog, November 24, 2000, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Neuilly-sur-Seine (illustrated)