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Raffaele Fiorini (15 July 1828 – 18 October 1898) was an influential Italian violin maker. Innovator, personality and pioneer of the rebirth of Bolognese violinmaking, Fiorini was born at Musiano di Pian di Macina di Pianoro near Bologna. He spent his early years in Bazzano, where he learned the first elements of the craft while working with ...
Amati (/ ə ˈ m ɑː t i /, Italian:) is the last name 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. [1]
Otello Bignami (August 6, 1914 – December 1, 1989) was an Italian violin maker from Bologna. Life ... "In his rare moments dedicated to relaxation, Otello ventured ...
STORY: This rare Stradivari violin could fetch $11 million at auctionThe 'Hellier' Stradivarius was made by Antonio Stradivari in 1679It's engraved with ivory diamonds and finished with a golden ...
Subsequently, another Paris violin dealer, Albert Caressa, noted that in the year 1914 this violin was the property of a Monsieur Charles Lebrun. Mr. Lebrun was a former attorney of considerable wealth who, according to the sales ledgers, had also owned other rare violins by Antonio Stradivari, Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesu, and Vincenzo Rugeri ...
Machold Rare Violins, ... The company was established in 1861 in Markneukirchen as a violin manufacturer. The owner was Dietmar Harry Joachim Machold, born in 1949 ...
A clue to how they would have met lies in the 1659 Easter census, which lists the Ferraboschi family four houses away from the Amati residence. Francesca was the young widow of the burgher Giacomo Capra, with whom she had two children. Francesca's brother had shot Giacomo with a crossbow on the Piazza Garibaldi (formerly the Piazza Santa Agata ...
The violin was owned until 1880 by Arthur Foucques d’Émonville, a French botanist. [1] A year later, it was sold by Hôtel Drouot to Vicomte Frédéric de Janzé, a collector of antiques and Italian violins. [1] In 1888, the violin was sold by Chardon & Fils to Antoine Jacques Fourchy, a notaire and amateur violinist. [1]