Bologna School
Girolamo Brensi
Bologna, b. 1540
after 1603 Bologna Italy. Son of Antonio Brensi, above. Viola da braccio preserved in Bologna Conservatoire. Two violas ascribed to him are broadly Brescian in style, though with flatter arching and some influence of Amati in the detail of soundhole and purfling. Scroll more carefully carved and con\u{2026} — John Dilworth
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John Dilworth+
BRENSI, Girolamo Born 1540, d. after 1603 Bologna Italy. Son of Antonio Brensi, above. Viola da braccio preserved in Bologna Conservatoire. Two violas ascribed to him are broadly Brescian in style, though with flatter arching and some influence of Amati in the detail of soundhole and purfling. Scroll more carefully carved and concentric than Brescian contemporaries. Heronymus Brensins Bonon
George Hart+
Maker of Viols about the close of the 15th century. Reference has been made to the Viols of this maker in the [The Violin, George Hart].
Cecie Stainer+
A maker of viols in Bologna, probably at the beginning of the 16th century. A ” viola da braccio ” in the collection of the Liceo filarmonico at Bologna has five strings and is labelled : ” Hieronymus Brensius Bonon.”
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+
In einer nicht datirten Viola da braccio im Museum des »Liceo filarmonico«
in Bologna findet sich der Name dieses Meisters. Vidal theilt die Maasse des
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Working in Bologna at the same time
Antonio Brensi worked 1560–1592