Front view of the Brothers Amati violin, The King Henry IV. The front of this violin is not original to the instrument, having been replaced at some point in its history.
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Title: The King Henry IV' violin
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Creator: Antonio and Girolamo Amati (The Brothers Amati), Charles Francois Gand (1787-1845), France (restorer)
Provenance: Ex colls.: King Henry IV, France; François de Bassompierre and family, France; King Louis XVIII, France; Jean-Baptiste Cartier, Paris; George Hart, London; Royal de Forest Hawley, Hartford, Connecticut; Albert Hastings Pitkin, Hartford; Lyon & Healy, Chicago; Edmund V. Bukolt, Stevens Point, Wisconsin; The Copernicus Cultural Foundation, Chicago
Photo Credit: Bill Willroth, Sr.
Credit: Acqusition Funding Gift of Kevin Schieffer, 2010