Antonio Stradivari was an Italian luthier and a craftsman of string instruments such as violins, cellos, guitars, violas and harps. The Latinized form of his surname, Stradivarius, as well as the coll
1712 copy of an unauthenticated portrait, possibly after a 1691 original
Panorama of Cremona, with the Torrazzo di Cremona prominent
Antonio Stradivari, by Edgar Bundy, 1893: a romanticized image of a craftsman-hero
Nicola Amati, Nicolò Amati or Nicolao Amati was an Italian master luthier from Cremona, Italy. Amati is one of the most well-known luthiers from the Casa Amati. He was the teacher of illustrious Cremo