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Bologna School

Antonio Brensi

Bologna, worked 1560–1592

Lute, viol, and cittern maker. The name may plausibly indicate a Brescian origin. Cornerless viols preserved at Bologna Museum, labelled: 1592 / Antonius Brensius Bonon Antonius Bononiensis / 1560 — John Dilworth

Worked Bologna

Biographies

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John Dilworth+

BRENSI, Antonio Worked circa. 1560-1592 Bologna Italy. Lute, viol, and cittern maker. The name may plausibly indicate a Brescian origin. Cornerless viols preserved at Bologna Museum, labelled: 1592 / Antonius Brensius Bonon Antonius Bononiensis / 1560

Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+

Vielleicht der Vater oder Sohn von Girolamo. Eine Gamba von ihm besitzt das Museum Kraus in Florenz.

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