Milan School
Francesco Bresa
Milan, worked 1700–1740
Influenced by the Brescian school, but not by any means as distinguished. Orange-red varnish. Francesco Bresa fecit / alla scala in Mi- 1708 Francesco Brossa fece / Dell Scala in Mano, 1700 Francesco Brosa / fece alla Scala in Milano, 1726 — John Dilworth
Biographies
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John Dilworth+
BRESA (BROSSA, BROSA), Francesco Worked circa. 1700-1740 Milan Italy. Influenced by the Brescian school, but not by any means as distinguished. Orange-red varnish. Francesco Bresa fecit / alla scala in Mi- 1708 Francesco Brossa fece / Dell Scala in Mano, 1700 Francesco Brosa / fece alla Scala in Milano, 1726
Cecie Stainer+
A maker of inferior instruments in Milan in the 18th century. A label is known, but it has the name of the town partly effaced: ” Francesco Bresa, fece alia scala in Mil . . 1708.”
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+
Vidal ergänzt den Namen der Stadt, die auf dem Originalzettel nicht ganz
leserlich, wohl richtig, wenn er Milano lesen will, wofür auch »alla scala« zu
sprechen scheint. Das zu dem Zettel gehörige Instrument ist übrigens verschwunden
und Werke von F. Bresa sonst nicht bekannt geworden. Vgl. auch
Brossa. De Piccolellis bezeichnet ihn als einen mittelmässigen Mailänder Geigenmacher.
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