Andrea Cortese

Highest auction price

£9,662

Auction price history

Type	Details	Sold	Price
Violin	35.7 cm Genoa, 1918 [Possbily by]	Sat 1st October 2011	£6,875
Violin	35.7 cm Genoa, 1910	Sun 1st May 2011	£6,191
Cello	1930 c. [Attributed to]	Mon 1st March 2004	£3,000
Violin	1944	Mon 1st November 1993	£9,662
Violin	1923	Wed 1st June 1988	£2,530

Biographies

John Dilworth

CORTESE, Andrea Born 1889, died 1954 Genoa Italy. Self-taught, influenced by C. Candi. Active violin maker from c.1910, but occupied with family business in West Africa c.1930. Worked in Milan 1940-1953. Medals awarded at Cremona 1949 and Rome 1952. Copies of Stradivari, Pressenda, and Candi with thin red varnish; fine work. Branded in pegbox: ‘AG’. Andrea Cortese fece in Genova / al segno dei tre cuori 19…