Nicolò Amati, Cremona, 1649, the 'Alard'
Violin: 40103
Labeled, "Nicolaus Amatus Cremonen. Hieronymi Fil. ac Antonij Nepos, Fecit 1649."
Back: Two-piece, quarter sawn maple.
Top: Pine of even, open grain
Scroll: Original
Varnish: Golden-brown
Length of back: 35.0 cm
Upper bouts: 16.25 cm
Middle bouts: 10.6 cm
Lower bouts: 20.15 cm
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Provenance
until c. 1880 | Delphin Alard |
in c. 1880 | Sold by David Laurie |
c. 1880-c. 1905 | Baron Johann Knoop |
in 1905 | Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons |
1905-c. 1906 | Miss Gidley |
in 1908 | Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons |
1908-1909 | F. L. Bevan |
in 1913 | Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons |
1913-1926 | Richard Bennett |
c. 1926-1945 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
1945-c. 1947 | Frederick Popple |
until 1948 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
from 1948 | Ashmolean Museum, Hill Collection, University of Oxford |
References
A Genealogy of the Amati Family of Violin Makers: 1500-1740, Daniel Draley, The Maecenas Press, Iowa City (illustrated)
- Cremona: An Account of the Italian Violin Maker & Their Instruments, Friedrich Niederheitmann, Robert Cocks & Co., London, 1894
The Strad, December, 2004, Alvin Thomas King, Newsquest Specialist Media, London (illustrated)
Il Legno si fa Musica, le mostre della Cassa di Risparmio, Verona (illustrated)
Musical Instruments in the Ashmolean Museum: The Complete Collection, John Milnes, editor, Oxford Musical Instrument Publishing, Oxford (illustrated)
The Strad, March, 1992, Roger Hargrave, Orpheus, London (illustrated)
The Strad, March, 1992, Orpheus, London (illustrated)
Stradivari Varnish: Scientific Analysis of his Finishing Technique on Selected Instruments, Brigitte Brandmair & Stefan-Peter Greiner (illustrated)
Stringed Instruments: Viols, Violins, Citterns, and Guitars in the Ashmolean Museum, Harvey S. Whistler, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (illustrated)
The Hill Collection of Musical Instruments, David D. Boyden, Oxford University Press, London (illustrated)
The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)
Journal of the Violin Society of America, Vol. IX, No. 3, Daniel Draley, The Queens College Press, Flushing, NY (illustrated)
Viols, Violins and Virginals, Jennifer A. Charlton, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (illustrated)