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Lot 124
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Nicolo Amati (Cremona, b 1596; d 1684) A violin on the Amati 'Grand Pattern' Cremona, 1682

Estimate
250,000 - 350,000 GBP
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Description

  • Nicolo Amati
  • A violin on the Amati 'Grand Pattern'
  • labelled Nicolaus Amatus Cremonen Hieronymi fil., ac Antonij Nepos fecit 1682
  • spruce and maple
  • Cremona

Literature

Certificates
W.E. Hill & Sons, London, dated 8th January 1940
Morel and Gradoux-Matt, New York, dated 7th June 2006, stating that the violin is 'made following the grand pattern of Amati and is one of the most exceptional and beautiful examples of this maker known to us.'

Certificate of Emil Herrmann, New York, 2nd May 1955, made out to the collector and cellist Gerald Felix Warburg stating the violin is 'a fine and characteristic example of the grand pattern and tonally outstanding'.