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Amati Violin

National Museum of American History

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Amati, Nicolo
Description (Brief)
This violin was made by Nicolo Amati in Cremona, Italy in 1675. Nicolo Amati (1596-1684) was from the third generation of the famous Amati family in Cremona. The son of Hieronymous I, Nicolo is commonly regarded as the greatest maker of the family. He is renowned for having
developed refinement, elegance and attention to detail not seen in the work of earlier makers. While using a variety of models, he developed a favorite large pattern of exquisite proportions which is known in our time as the “Grand Pattern” Amati. These instruments, with bodies of greater length and width than others of his output, have powerful voices suitable even for the modern soloist. The violin is made of a two-piece table of spruce, back of two-piece slab maple with irregular fine gently descending figure with broad figure at the upper bout corners, ribs of similar maple, grafted maple neck terminating in the original pegbox and scroll of even medium figured maple, and golden-orange-brown varnish.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Anonymous
1675
ID Number
1979.0548.01
accession number
1979.0548
catalog number
1979.0548.01
Object Name
violin
Physical Description
spruce (table material)
maple (back material)
Measurements
overall: 23 1/2 in x 8 1/8 in x 3 3/4 in; 59.69 cm x 20.6375 cm x 9.525 cm
Place Made
Italy: Lombardy, Cremona
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National Museum of American History
Record ID
nmah_605483
Usage of Metadata (Object Detail Text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-319d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

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