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Cremona: an account of the Italian violin-makers and their instruments, 1894
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1small in comparison to the body. The golden brown varnish is very elastic, bright, and handsome. There are some violins which Nicolas Amati finished with peculiar attention and care. One of these, of the year 1680, is in the collection of Count Cozio de Salabue at Milan, and others are those of Count Castel-barco, and of Alard and Ole Bull. (d) In the last-mentioned violins the hand of his famous pupil Antonius Stradivarius is hardly to be mistaken, especially in the bold curve of the scroll, which is to be found in the later instruments of Stradivarius.
3Nicolas Amati had by his wife Lucretia two sons, Hieronymus and Johannes Baptista. (e) The last named, who was born on the 13th of August, 1657, devoted himself to the priesthood. Hieronymus, who was born on the 26th of February, 1649, followed his father. The immediate pupils of Nicolas Amati were, besides this son, Andreas Guarnerius, Paolo Grancino, and Antonius Stradivarius.
514. AMATI, Hieronymus. Cremona. Son of the last, born on the 26th of February, 1649, worked until 1696. The few instruments of his which exist are of a rather large model, but otherwise rank far below those of his father in every respect. He was the last who bore the celebrated family name in the capacity of an artist. (f)
7(d) The Alard violin of 1645 is now in the possession of Baron Knoop, after passing through the hands of Mr. D. Laurie, of Glasgow: this is considered to be the finest specimen known. The Ole Bull violin is said to be at Bergen. The Beethoven violin is a late specimen of very doubtful date. M. Gallay states in his "Les Luthiers Italiens aux 17me et 18me Siècles," 1869, that M. Willemotte, of Anvers, possesses a Nicolas Amati with double purflings, a very remarkable specimen.
9(e) This appears not quite correct, as by the researches of De Piccolellis, Nicolas Amati would appear to have had three other sons, Girolamo Francesco, who died an infant, Gian Battista, who also died an infant, and Giuseppe, the date of whose death is unknown.
11(f) This maker died on the 21st of February, 1740. He undoubtedly produced some excellent instruments, though it is considered that much of his work has gone forth to the world as that of contemporary makers, and the actually reliable amount of information about him is very
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