Instrument

  • ID: 4125
  • Type: violin
  • Maker: Francesco Ruggieri
  • Year built: 1649-1715*
  • City: Cremona
  • Name: ex Joachim
 

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Label: "Nicolaus Amati"
Ribs: cut on the slab
Table: of medium grain
Body Length: 35.5 cm.
Back: Two-piece of medium curl
Scroll: of wood similar to back
Varnish: Golden-brown

Photos

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  • front
  • back
  • front & back

Iconography Index

Black-and-white photos (front & back - listed as a work of Nicolo Amati): Loan Exhibition of Stringed Instruments and Bows Commemorating the 70th Birthday of Simone Fernando Sacconi, Schuler Verlagsgesellschaft, Stuttgart, 1966.

Color photos (front & back): 36 Famous Italian Violins, Alex Wasinski, Herman Gordon, New York, 1975.

Order Color photos (front & back): Christies Fine Musical Instruments Catalog, March 23, 1994, London, Christie's.

Color photos (front & back): Christie's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, June 22, 1994, London, Christie's, 1994.


Provenance

Owner Owned From Owned In Owned Till Price paid
...         
Joseph Joachim          
...         

Current owner Current owner
Indicates that the owner is or was also a musician Indicates that the owner is or was also a musician

Auctions

Auction Date Note Estimate Hammer Price
Christie's, London  Jun-22-1994    £60,000 - £75,000  For members only 
Christie's, London  Mar-23-1994    £80,000 - £90,000  For members only 

Including buyer's premium
Current record for maker and instrument type
Record at time of sale for maker and instrument type

Certificates

Certificate: Bein & Fushi, Chicago, September 20, 1988

References

36 Famous Italian Violins, Alex Wasinski, Herman Gordon, New York, 1975.

Order Christies Fine Musical Instruments Catalog, March 23, 1994, London, Christie's.

Christie's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, June 22, 1994, London, Christie's, 1994.

Loan Exhibition of Stringed Instruments and Bows Commemorating the 70th Birthday of Simone Fernando Sacconi, Schuler Verlagsgesellschaft, Stuttgart, 1966.