ex 'Kurtz' Violin, ca. 1560, Cremona, Italy, Italian (Cremona), Spruce, maple, ebony, paint, gilding, Height: 22 5/8 in. (

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ex 'Kurtz' Violin, ca. 1560, Cremona, Italy, Italian (Cremona), Spruce, maple, ebony, paint, gilding, Height: 22 5/8 in. ( cm), Chordophone-Lute-plucked, Andrea Amati (Italian, Cremona ca. 1505–1578 Cremona), Amati, earliest of the great Cremonese luthiers, has been credited with defining the violin's elegant form and setting the standard of superb craftsmanship that likewise characterizes the work of his followers, who included two of his sons and his distinguished grandson Nicolò, as well as Antonio Stradivari

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