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Pisa School

Pietro Chiocchini

Pisa, worked 1740–1765

Stainer model with small scroll, poor workmanship, intransparent yellow varnish but good materials, according to Henley and Vannes. Work presently unknown. Auspice / Sancto Antonie de Padua / Petrus Chiocchini Fecit / Mauritius Beuvomini Direnit / Anno Salutis. MDCCCCXI / Pisis [Henley, Vannes] — John Dilworth

Worked Pisa
Made Violin

Auction price history

Highest auction price

£3,100
Type Details Auction house Sold Price
Violin1750 c.March 1988£3,100
Violin1750 c.November 1982£1,155

Biographies

The overview above is drawn from the following published accounts. Read them in the original:

John Dilworth+

CHIOCCHINI, Pietro Worked circa. 1740-1765 Pisa Italy. Stainer model with small scroll, poor workmanship, intransparent yellow varnish but good materials, according to Henley and Vannes. Work presently unknown. Auspice / Sancto Antonie de Padua / Petrus Chiocchini Fecit / Mauritius Beuvomini Direnit / Anno Salutis. MDCCCCXI / Pisis [Henley, Vannes]

Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+

Ein Meister dritten Ranges, der immerhin wegen des schönen Holzes, das
er verwendete, einige Beachtung verdient.

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