Andrea Amati, Cremona, 1566, the 'Charles IX, Barker, Tullie House'
Small Violin: 43823
Label probably fake: "ANDREA AMADI IN / CREMONA MDLXXiiij."
Back: Two-piece with medium curls; decorated
Top: of spruce, quite narrow in the center and getting slightly narrower towards the edges
Scroll: of will
Ribs: of wood similar to back
Varnish: Orange-brown on a gold base
Length of back: 34.1 cm
Upper bouts: 15.7 cm
Middle bouts: 10.4 cm
Lower bouts: 19.5 cm
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Notes:
One of the 38 instruments said to have been commissioned by Charles IX from Andrea Amati.The Hill Collection of Musical Instruments, David D. Boyden, The Hill Collection of Musical Instruments, London
Provenance
| until 1574 | King Charles IX of France |
| ... | ... |
| in 1914 | Sold by Puttick & Simpson |
| until 1922 | Conte di Cavan |
| 1922-1935 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| 1935-1949 | Sybil Mounsey-Heysham |
| ... | ... |
| from 1949 and in 2003 | Tullie House Museum, Carlisle |
References
The Strad, December, 1991, Roger Hargrave, Orpheus, London (illustrated)- Andrea Amati Opera omnia: Les Violons du Roi, Fausto Cacciatori, editor, Consorzo Liutai Antonio Stradivari, Cremona (illustrated)
- Capolavori di Andrea Amati, Charles Beare, Bruce Carlson & Andrea Mosconi, Ente Triennale Internazionale Degli Strumenti, Cremona (illustrated)
- The Strad, February, 1983, London (illustrated)
- The Strad, June, 2005, John Dilworth, Newsquest Specialist Media, London (illustrated)
- The Strad, June, 2005, Newsquest Specialist Media, London (illustrated)
- The Hill Collection of Musical Instruments, David D. Boyden, Oxford University Press, London
- The Violin Book, Bafalon, London (illustrated)
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