Cremona School
Aegidius Barzellini
Cremona, worked 1670–1720
Cited by Vannes and Henley, but there is no evidence for the existence of this maker, who is said to have been a pupil of Nicolo Amati. Almost certainly a label invented by the unscrupulous. Aegidius Barzellini / fecit ecolle Amatius Cremonen, / 1680 Aegedins Barzelloni / Fece in Venetia, 1700 — John Dilworth
Biographies
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John Dilworth+
BARZELLINI, Aegidius Worked circa. 1670-1720 Cremona & Venice Italy. Cited by Vannes and Henley, but there is no evidence for the existence of this maker, who is said to have been a pupil of Nicolo Amati. Almost certainly a label invented by the unscrupulous. Aegidius Barzellini / fecit ecolle Amatius Cremonen, / 1680 Aegedins Barzelloni / Fece in Venetia, 1700
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+
Er nennt sich einen Schüler Amati’s
und ahmt auch die Art der Amati nach.
Schönes Holz, edler Ton.
Cecie Stainer+
Maker in Cremona, 1670-1700.
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