Cremona School
H. Gudi
Cremona
GUDI, H. c.1700-1726 Cremona Italy. A single viola d’amore with this label cited in most sources, but there is no known archival evidence of his existence. Both Henley and Vannes indicate violins ‘remarkable but rare’. No work currently known. Hieronimo Gudi / da Cremona 1717 — John Dilworth
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John Dilworth+
GUDI, H. c.1700-1726 Cremona Italy. A single viola d’amore with this label cited in most sources, but there is no known archival evidence of his existence. Both Henley and Vannes indicate violins ‘remarkable but rare’. No work currently known. Hieronimo Gudi / da Cremona 1717
Cecie Stainer+
A maker in Cremona in 1727. A very beautiful viola d’amore of his is known, the belly made of good pine, the back and sides of beautifully marked maple; the carved neck ends in a woman’s head with eyes bandaged, it has 17 pegs; the varnish is light, a golden yellow colour, and the work is carefully finished.
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+
Ein Meister von hervorragenden Fähigkeiten, der jung gestorben sein muss,
da er sonst bekannter wäre. Vidal macht auf eine herrliche Viola d’amore von
ihm aufmerksam, die sich in der Sammlung Gautier in Nizza befindet: prachtvolles
Holz, meisterhafte Arbeit, goldgelber Lack, edler Ton, Frauenköpfchen am
Wirbelkasten.
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