Milan School
Luigi (I) Bortolotti
Milan, worked 1810–1830
Violins and plucked instruments. Good workmanship. Yellow-orange varnish. Branded: ‘Luigi Bortolotti’ — John Dilworth
Biographies
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John Dilworth+
BORTOLOTTI, Luigi (I) Worked circa. 1810-1830 Milan Italy. Violins and plucked instruments. Good workmanship. Yellow-orange varnish. Branded: ‘Luigi Bortolotti’
Cecie Stainer+
A maker in Milan about 1810-15. His instruments are carefully made, with yellow varnish. “Luigi Bortolotti, 1815,” was found stamped on a cither.
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+
Wenig bekannter Geigenmacher, der aus einer guten Schule hervorgegangen
ist, sauber arbeitete und gelben Lack gebrauchte. Häufiger
kommen Guitarren etc. von ihm vor. A. Gautier in Nizza
besitzt eine sorgfältig durchgeführte Zither von ihm mit
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