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The violin sold for $620,000, then a record for a Nicolo Amati at auction. [14] Also sold in the October 2009 auction was a Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume violin made c. 1860, which fetched a record $210,000. [15] In June 2010 Tarisio auctioned the contents of the Philadelphia violin firm of William Moennig & Son.
A Nicola Amati violin dating from the 1640s. Amati married Lucrezia Pagliari (d. 26 November 1703) on 23 May 1645. His pupil, Andrea Guarneri, was present at the ceremony and signed the register. [22] Nicolo and Lucrezia had four sons and four daughters. [23] Their son Girolamo Amati (Hieronymus II, b. 1649; d. 1740) (known as Girolamo II) was ...
Andrea Amati (c. 1505 – 20 December 1577) designed and created the violin, viola and cello known as the "violin family". Based in Cremona, Italy , he standardized the basic form, shape, size, materials and method of construction.
In this case, the violinist and composer Tomaso Antonio Vitali had bought a violin purporting to be a creation of Nicolò Amati, but he discovered that under the Amati label was the label of Francesco Rugeri. There was a price difference in those days of 3 to 1 on Amati vs. Rugeri violins, so this was a serious matter. [14]
The violin shows influence from Amati and the model is based on Amati's violins, but the narrow purfling differs from Amati's style. [3] c. 1666 The violin was owned by Eugene Sarbu. [4] Aranyi: 1667 Francis Aranyi (collector) Sold at Sotheby's London, 12 November 1986. [5] Dubois: 1667 Canimex Inc. On display at the Chimei Museum. ex-Captain ...
The violin-like instruments that existed when Amati began his career only had three strings. [10] Amati is credited with creating the first four stringed violin-like instrument. [ 11 ] Laurence Witten also lists Amati and Gasparo' da Salo, as well as Pellegrino de' Micheli , also from Brescia; as well and Ventura di Francesco de' Machetti ...
A Guarneri violin is a center object in one of Andrea Camilleri's main Montalbano novels La Voce del violino ("The voice of the violin"). In the summer of 2010, the ex- Vieuxtemps Guarneri del Gesù, a violin built in 1741 by Bartolomeo Giuseppe Guarneri, was offered for sale at auction with a starting bid of $18 million, the highest price ever ...
Don Nicolò Amati [1] (born Nicolò Marchioni or Nicolò Melchioni; [2] 1662–1752) was an Italian violin maker based in Bologna. In 1687 he entered priesthood. In 1687 he entered priesthood. He pursued both careers, priesthood and violinmaking, throughout his lifetime.