Rome School
Pietro Ambrogi
Rome, worked 1715–1750
Most published sources say that he worked in Cremona and Brescia in the early part of the 18th century and produced Stradivari and Amati models. There is no support for this other than the claim on his labels, which all come from Rome, that he was from Cremona. Indeed, the variety of different style\u{2026} — John Dilworth
Biographies
The overview above is drawn from the following published accounts. Read them in the original:
John Dilworth+
AMBROGI, Pietro Worked circa. 1715-1750 Rome Italy. Most published sources say that he worked in Cremona and Brescia in the early part of the 18th century and produced Stradivari and Amati models. There is no support for this other than the claim on his labels, which all come from Rome, that he was from Cremona. Indeed, the variety of different styles attributed to him indicates that this rather obscure name was used rather indiscriminately by dealers. Many other makers called themselves Cremonese purely for prestige with no basis in fact. Pietro Ambrogi / fecit Romae an 1715 Pietro Ambrogi Porto de Capital / Roma, anno 1740. Petrus Ambrogi / Cremonensis fecit Romae, en 1749 [Lebet]
George Hart+
Average merit. The workmanship resembles that of Balestrieri, as seen in the inferior instruments of that maker.
Cecie Stainer+
Worked first in Cremona, then in Rome.
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+
Die durch den Dialekt veranlasste, schwankende Schreibweise des Namens
hat dazu verführt, zwei Meister aus ihm zu machen. Er dürfte erst um 1745
nach Rom übergesiedelt sein. Nach seinem von de Piccolellis mitgetheilten
Zettel stammte er aus Cremona, was man seiner Arbeit aber wenig ansieht.
Er baute oberflächlich nach Stradivari und verwandte wenig Sorgfalt auf die
Wahl des Holzes und des Lackes.
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