Antonio & Girolamo Amati, Cremona, 1618, the 'Vieuxtemps'
Violin: 43696
Labeled, "Antonius & Hieronymus Fr. Amati / Cremonen. Andreae fil F 1618."
Back: Two-piece of medium curl descending from left to right
Top: Pine of medium, even grain
Scroll: Medium curl
Ribs: Irregular faint curl
Varnish: Light golden-brown
Length of back: 35.6 cm
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Notes:
"Originally a small-sized instrument that was later enlarged, probably by Nicholas Lupot. Also, a second of line of purfling has been added to both back and table."Sotheby Parke Bernet Important Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, October 29, 1976, New York, Sotheby's, Sotheby Parke Bernet Important Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, October 29, 1976, New York, New York
". . .this instrument formerly belonged to Prince Charles of Lorraine, it afterwards came into the possession of Vieuxtemps, who learned to play upon it."
Violins Under the Hammer, The Strad, 1909, London
Provenance
| Prince Charles of Lorraine | |
| Sold by Henri Vieuxtemps | |
| in 1908 | Sold by Puttick & Simpson |
| ... | ... |
| in 1950 | Gustav Huguenin |
| until 1967 | Pierre Vidoudez |
| in 1967 | Sold by William Moennig & Son |
| 1967-1976 | Arnold Gingrich |
| in 1976 | Sold by Sotheby Parke Bernet |
| in 1979 | Smithsonian Institution Museum |
Known players
Henri Vieuxtemps
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: William Moennig & Son, Philadelphia, PA (1967)- Certificate: Jacques Français (photocopy), New York, NY (1950) Original has been lost.
- Certificate: Albert Caressa, Paris (1937) Lost in WWII.
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References
A Thousand Mornings of Music, Arnold Gingrich, Crown Publishers, New York (illustrated)- L'Esposizione di Liuteria Antica a Cremona nel 1937, Comitato Stradivariano, Cremona
- Sotheby Parke Bernet Important Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, October 29, 1976, New York, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, New York (illustrated)
Vieuxtemp’s Violins, Cozio Carteggio feature, Tully Potter, Feb 2020- The Strad, 1909, London, Jan 1909