Antonio & Girolamo Amati, Cremona, 1613
Small Violin: 40001
Back: One-piece cut on the slab
Length of back: 26.7 cm
Upper bouts: 12.6 cm
Middle bouts: 8.4 cm
Lower bouts: 15 cm
There are 8 additional images in the archive which are not available publicly. Please contact us for more information.
Notes:
A violino piccolo. "One of three Cremonese instruments known to have survived in original condition. The size of the neck and scroll suggest that this is not a child's instrument."Instrument #72 at the South Kensington Special Exhibition of 1872; listed as "By Amati, 1618".
Catalogue of the Special Exhibition at South Kensington, England, Carl Engel, Catalogue of the Special Exhibition at South Kensington, England, London
"In spite of its small size, this violin, with a proportionally large scroll and neck, is not considered to be a child's instrument, but rather a violin-family instrument tuned to a higher pitch."
The Amatis' DNA, Fausto Cacciatori, Bruce Carlson & Carlo Chiesa, the Amatis' DNA: A Dynasty of Stringed Instrument Makers in Cremona, Cremona
Provenance
| in 1872 | Andrew Fountaine |
| Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons | |
| in 1968 | Sold by Sotheby's |
| 1968-1984 | Laurence C. Witten |
| from 1984 | Shrine to Music, National Music Museum, South Dakota |
References
The Strad 1997 Calendar, Orpheus Publications, London (illustrated)
Brothers Amati Piccolo Violin, Shrine to Music Museum- Catalogue of the Special Exhibition at South Kensington, England, Carl Engel, South Kensington Museum, London
- Journal of the Violin Society of America, Vol. XII, No. 2, Charles Beare, The Queens College Press, Flushing, NY (illustrated)
- The Strad, June, 1985, Roger Hargrave, London (illustrated)
- the Amatis' DNA: A Dynasty of Stringed Instrument Makers in Cremona, Fausto Cacciatori, Bruce Carlson & Carlo Chiesa, Consorzio Liutai Antonio Stradivari Cremona, Cremona (illustrated)
- Strings, March-April, 1990, Herbert W. Meyers, The String Letter Corporation, San Anselmo, CA (illustrated)
- Journal of the Violin Society of America, Vol. VIII, No. 3, Margaret Downie Banks, The Queens College Press, Flushing, NY (illustrated)