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Genoa School

Joseph Gratiani

Genoa, worked 1762–1793

Fairly coarse work. Vannes cites a small viola with orange-brown varnish, the eyes of the scroll exaggerated as is often the case with work of the Genoa school. Joseph Gratiani fecit Genne 1762 Joseph Gratiani fecit Genua 1781 — John Dilworth

Worked Genoa
Made Violin

Auction price history

Highest auction price

£6,000
Type Details Auction house Sold Price
Violin1790 c.July 2005£6,000

Biographies

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

John Dilworth+

GRATIANI, Joseph Worked circa. 1762-1793 Genoa Italy. Fairly coarse work. Vannes cites a small viola with orange-brown varnish, the eyes of the scroll exaggerated as is often the case with work of the Genoa school. Joseph Gratiani fecit Genne 1762 Joseph Gratiani fecit Genua 1781

Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+

Grillet veröffentlicht nur folgenden Zettel von diesem sonst unbekannten Geigenmacher.

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