Bologna School
Michael Angelo Garani
Bologna, b. c.1665
after 1743 Bologna Italy. Very fine work in the Tononi style. Neat purfling close to the edge. Finely carved and concentric scroll with delicate chamfer. Arching low but full. Rich red-brown varnish over golden ground. Branded on upper back: ‘Garanus Bologna’ Michel Angelo Garani / in Bologna, 1687 \u{2026} — John Dilworth
Biographies
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John Dilworth+
GARANI, Michele Angelo Born circa. 1665, d. after 1743 Bologna Italy. Very fine work in the Tononi style. Neat purfling close to the edge. Finely carved and concentric scroll with delicate chamfer. Arching low but full. Rich red-brown varnish over golden ground. Branded on upper back: ‘Garanus Bologna’ Michel Angelo Garani / in Bologna, 1687 A. Michael / Garanus / F. Bonon, 1724
George Hart+
His Violas, in particular, are well-made instruments.
Cecie Stainer+
A maker in Bologna about 1680 to 1720. He followed the pattern of Stradivari; his violas were particularly well made, but his instruments, though of sweet tone and careful work, have little value commercially.
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+
Nachahmer von Stradivarius. Seine Violen werden besonders
gelobt wegen ihrer guten — aber ungleichen — Arbeit
und wegen ihres weichen Tons.
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