The violin was first invented around the 16th century in the Northern part of Italy. Andrea Amati of Cremona was credited as the inventor of the violin. Documentations show that he created 2 violins between 1542 and 1546 though both of the violins were three strings. The first known four string violin was also created by Andrea Amati in 1555.
The earliest evidence of the existence of the violin was in the paintings made by Gaudenzio Ferrari in the 1530s.
Amati’s inventions also lead to the creation of modern day violin ‘family’ of instruments. The violin became popular among musicians and even among the nobility at the time.
Andre Amati is the person credited with inventing the first modern violin. The first four string violin was documented to have been created by Amati in 1577. Some documents show that he fashioned two three string violins between 1542 and 1546. The first violins were made in the early 16th century in Italy.
The violin quickly became very popular both among street musicians and the nobility, which is illustrated by the fact that Charles IX of France commissioned an extensive range of string instruments in the second half of the 16th century. The first definite record of a violin-like instrument comes from paintings by Gaudenzio Ferrari, who painted Madonna of the Orange Trees.
