Amati
Sign in to savethumb|upright=0.85|This Andrea Amati violin, now at the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art, may have been part of a set made for the marriage of Philip II of Spain to Elisabeth of Valois in 1559, which would make it one of the earliest known violins in existence]]
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- Family members
- Andrea Amati
- Antonio and Girolamo Amati
- Nicolò Amati
- Girolamo Amati (Hieronymus II)
- Extant Amati instruments
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Violas
- The Stanley Solomon Tenore ca 1536
- The Witten, The IX Charles, The ex Collis ca 1560
- From the Charles IX Set ca 1564
- Held at the Ashmolean Museum Oxford
- The ex Wahl ca 1568
- The ex Herrmann ca 1620
- The Violetta ca 1570
- The Trampler ca 1580
- The Henry IV ca 1590
- The Crocfisso, The Medecia ca 1594
- The Stauffer ca 1615
- The Zukerman, The Kashkashian ca 1617
- Held by the Cincinnati Art Museum ca 1619
- The Medici, The Hamma ca 1619
- Held by the Royal Academy of Music London ca 1620
- The ex Wittgenstein ca 1620
- Held in the Galleria Estense Modena ca 1625
- The ex Vieuxtemps
- The Berkitz, The Romanov ca 1677
- The ex Waters ca 1703
- The ex Francais 1708
- Other Amati violas in the Tarisio archive
- In popular culture
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
thumb|upright=0.85|This Andrea Amati violin, now at the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art, may have been part of a set made for the marriage of Philip II of Spain to Elisabeth of Valois in 1559, which would make it one of the earliest known violins in existence]]
Amati (, ) is the surname of a family of Italian violin makers who lived at Cremona from about 1538 to 1740. Their importance is considered equal to those of the Bergonzi, Guarneri, and Stradivari families. Today, violins created by Nicolò Amati are valued at around $600,000. Because of their age and rarity, Amati instruments are mostly kept in museums or private collections and are seldom played in public.