Pietro Antonio Dalla Costa
Highest auction price
£156,000
Auction price history
| Type | Details | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violin | Illustrated in Violin Lute Makers of Venice; Four Centuries of Violin Making, head possibly not original | Fri 1st March 2024 | £156,000 |
| Violin | Wed 7th March 2012 | £61,250 |
Biographies
John Dilworth
DALLA COSTA, Pietro Antonio Worked circa. 1720-68 Treviso Italy. Born in Alba. Fine maker of the Venetian school. Very Amatisé work, although not as disciplined and highly finished as their inspiration. Delicate in form and generally with a low arch. Typical Venetian red varnish, although applied fairly thinly. (Mozart owned a Dalla Costa violin.) Unusually amongst makers of the time, he acknowledged the Amati Brothers on his label, stating either that the instrument was a copy of their work or using their example. Other makers tended to imply that they were pupils of the Amati. Pietro Antonio dalla Costa / fece in Treviso Anno 17.. Petrus Antonius a Costa fecit ad / similitudinem illorum quod fecerunt: / Antonius & Hieronymus Fratres Amati / Cremonenses, filii Andreae. Tarvisii, anno 1755 Pietro Antonio dalla Costa fece / in Treviso. Anno 1760 / Ad examplar Antonii & Hieronymus Amati Cremonensis Petrus Antonius a Costa / fecit Tarvisii. anno 1760
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