Andrea Amati, Cremona, c. 1575, the 'Berger'
Cello: 49535
Labeled, "Antonio & Girolamo Amati. . .1556."
Back: Four-piece, painted
Scroll: not original
Length of back: 75.1 cm
Upper bouts: 33.9 cm
Middle bouts: 22.9 cm
Lower bouts: 43.5 cm
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Provenance
| until 1793 | Nicolas Lupot |
| ... | ... |
| in 1926 | Mr. Pietté |
| in 1927 | Marguerite Chaigneau-Piazza |
| ... | ... |
| in 2007 | Julius Berger |
| from 2010 | Chi-Mei Culture Foundation |
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Machold Rare Violins, Ltd, Vienna (2005) X-155.- Certificate: Machold Rare Violins, Ltd, Vienna (1984)
- Certificate: Buvelot, Paris (1927)
- Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1926) The instrument has been ". . .considerably reduced in size both at the joint, and the outline."
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References
Andrea Amati Opera omnia: Les Violons du Roi, Fausto Cacciatori, editor, Consorzo Liutai Antonio Stradivari, Cremona (illustrated)- Antonio Stradivari - Catalogue of the 2008 Exhibit in Montpelier, Peter Biddulph, Frédéric Chaudière & John Dilworth, Musée Fabre / Actes Sud, Montpelier (illustrated)
- Correspondence with Dai-Ting Chung, consultant for the Chi-Mei Foundation, June, 2010
- Private Archives - 10072
- The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Box 56 (illustrated)