Nicolò Amati, Cremona, 1645
Violin: 43953
Labeled, "Nicolaus Amatus Cremonen. Hieronymi Fil. ac Antonij Nepos Fecit 1647."
Back: One-piece; with a sound-post patch
Length of back: 35.2 cm
Provenance
| in 2003 | Sold by Sotheby's |
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Rembert Wurlitzer Inc., New York, NY (1964)- Certificate: Hamma & Co., Stuttgart (1961) Ascribes the scroll to A. Stradivari.
- Certificate: John & Arthur Beare, London (1959)
- Certificate: C. F. Langonet & Son, London (1952) States that the violin was 'made in the workshops of Nicolo Amati by Antonio Stradivari'
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References
Four Centuries of Violin Making: Fine Instruments from the Sotheby's Archive, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, Boston (illustrated)- Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, July 15, 2003, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)
- Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, November 11, 2003, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London
- Sotheby's Photo Archive