Turin School
Giovanni Francesco Celoniatus
Turin, worked 1720–1760
A very distinguished maker with a delicate model and very fine pale golden varnish. Elegantly sweeping soundholes, recalling Grancino, and small neat edgework. Head displays a characteristically slender pegbox topped by a very neatly cut but eccentric spiral. Presumed to be a pupil of Gioffredo Capp\u{2026} — John Dilworth
Auction price history
Highest auction price
| Type | Details | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violin | 1720 | November 1999 | £20,700 |
| Violin | 1740 c. | November 1996 | £21,160 |
| Violin | 1722 | July 1993 | £34,500 |
| Violin | 1740 c. | April 1993 | £12,650 |
| Violin | 1740 c. | March 1992 | £13,200 |
| Violin | 1730 c. | November 1987 | £14,300 |
Biographies
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John Dilworth+
CELONIATO, Giovanni Francesco Worked circa. 1720-1760 Turin, Italy. A very distinguished maker with a delicate model and very fine pale golden varnish. Elegantly sweeping soundholes, recalling Grancino, and small neat edgework. Head displays a characteristically slender pegbox topped by a very neatly cut but eccentric spiral. Presumed to be a pupil of Gioffredo Cappa whom he follows chronologically in Turin school, although Cappa spent his life outside the city in Saluzzo, and there is little that connects them technically and stylistically. Cellos of small model also delightful. Joannes Franciscus Celoniatus fecit / Taurini Anno 1734
George Hart+
Appears to have copied the form of Amati. Yellow varnish, good workmanship.
Cecie Stainer+
Was working in Turin in 1732. He made good violins on the Amati model, with a beautiful yellow varnish.
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