Antonio & Girolamo Amati, Cremona, 1618
Small Violin: 43825
Bearing its original label, "Antonius & Hironymus Fr. Amati / Cremonen Andreae fil. F 1618" (the date added in ink).
Possibly made for a child
Back: Two-piece
Top: Open-grain pine
Scroll: Original
Varnish: Golden-brown
Length of back: 32.9 cm
Upper bouts: 15.3 cm
Middle bouts: 10 cm
Lower bouts: 18.8 cm
Provenance
| until 1948 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| from 1948 | 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)
- 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)