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
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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