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Santo Ballarini

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John Dilworth

BALLARINI, Santo Worked circa. 1740-1782 Rome Italy. Two labels cited in most sources, one giving his location as ‘passing through Terni’ (Terni in Umbria, near Rome), the other in ‘an ugly cello’ noted by Forino. Henley records the name as the pseudonym of Andrea Gisalberti, following the bizarre theories of Horace Petherick (see under Gisalberti). Rather poor roughly finished work. Small model with flat arch and good red orange-varnish, though a little chippy. Fatto da me Santo Ballarini / per passagio in Terni / Nel anno 1740 Sanct. Ballarina / fece in Roma 1782