Girolamo Amati I, Cremona, 1611
Bass Viol: 60249
Labeled, "Antonius, & Hieronymus Fr. Amat[i] / Cremonen Andreae fil. F.1611" and an "M" is carved on the button suggesting ownership by the Medici family.
Back: Two-piece, slab-cut maple
Scroll: Quarter-cut maple
Length of back: 62.8 cm
Upper bouts: 32.7 cm
Middle bouts: 21 cm
Lower bouts: 39.8 cm
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Provenance
| until 1938 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| from 1938 | Ashmolean Museum, Hill Collection, University of Oxford |
References
Musical Instruments in the Ashmolean Museum: The Complete Collection, John Milnes, editor, Oxford Musical Instrument Publishing, Oxford (illustrated)- Stringed Instruments: Viols, Violins, Citterns, and Guitars in the Ashmolean Museum, Harvey S. Whistler, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (illustrated)