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Lugano School

Giovanni Battista Dini

Lugano, worked 1690–1710

Double bass in the Kraus Collection (cited by Kinsky) of violin form, with arched back of walnut, gilded head representing a bird in flight. Gio.Ba. Dini Fece 1707 / in Lucignano — John Dilworth

Worked Lugano

Biographies

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John Dilworth+

DINI, Giovanni Battista Worked circa. 1690-1710 Lugano Italy Vannes cites three viola d’amores dated 1700-1705. Double bass in the Kraus Collection (cited by Kinsky) of violin form, with arched back of walnut, gilded head representing a bird in flight. Gio.Ba. Dini Fece 1707 / in Lucignano

Cecie Stainer+

A maker in Lucignano in 1707.

Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+

Im Museum Kraus in Florenz befindet sich ein guter Contrabass von ihm (No. 632).

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