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Florence School

Simeone Giamberini

Florence, worked 1770–1775

Typical Florentine work with golden-yellow varnish. Stainer-derived model. Widely-spaced soundholes; broad but well-cut scroll. — John Dilworth

Worked Florence
Made Violin

Auction price history

Highest auction price

£10,350
Type Details Sold Price
Violin 1771 March 1997 £10,350

Biographies

The overview above is drawn from the following published accounts. Read them in the original:

John Dilworth+

GIAMBERINI, Simeone Worked circa. 1770-1775 Florence Italy. Typical Florentine work with golden-yellow varnish. Stainer-derived model. Widely-spaced soundholes; broad but well-cut scroll.

Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+

Von dieser Familie kommt 1701 in Florenz ein Alessandro G. als Lautenmacher
vor, der als Sohn eines Giovanni G. bezeichnet wird; ferner um 1772
ein Simeone G., der auch Geigen gemacht hat. möglicherweise sind beide
Nachkommen des um 1550 erwähnten Giovanni Lodorico Giamberini in Ferrara.

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