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Martin Heel

Genoa, b. 1620

1640-1708 Genoa Italy. Presumed to be the teacher of Bernardo Calcanius. Viola in the Musée de la Musique, Paris dated 1697 and cello cited by Vannes in Lepizig. Fine and sophisticated workmanship with slightly crude scroll and fine orange-brown varnish Martino Heel in / Genova 1697 — John Dilworth

Worked Genoa

Biographies

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John Dilworth+

HEEL, Martin Born 1620 Widmar, Pfarre Weissensee Germany, Worked circa. 1640-1708 Genoa Italy. Presumed to be the teacher of Bernardo Calcanius. Viola in the Musée de la Musique, Paris dated 1697 and cello cited by Vannes in Lepizig. Fine and sophisticated workmanship with slightly crude scroll and fine orange-brown varnish Martino Heel in / Genova 1697

Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+

Ein Eingewanderter, der wohl nur kurze Zeit in Genua lebte. Von ihm
besitzt das Museum des Pariser Conservatoriums eine hübsche Viola.

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