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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

Worked Cremona

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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