Sienna School
Pietro Ferati
Sienna, worked 1750–1765
Work of rustic quality. Stradivari form with heavy purfling. Thick dull brown varnish. Pietro Ferati / fecit Siena, 1764 — John Dilworth
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John Dilworth+
FERATI (FERRATI), Pietro Worked circa. 1750-1765 Sienna Italy. Work of rustic quality. Stradivari form with heavy purfling. Thick dull brown varnish. Pietro Ferati / fecit Siena, 1764
Cecie Stainer+
Was working in Sienna about 1754-64. His instruments are inferior, and he used brown varnish of bad quality. In a violin of very ordinary make, with broad purfling and thick brown varnish, was the label: ” Pietro Ferati fecit Siena, 1764.”
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+
Die Geigen, die ich mit seinem Zettel sah, zeigten unsaubere Arbeit, gewöhnliches (grobjähriges) Holz und einen dicken, trübbraunen Lack und breite Einlage. Der Ton
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Working in Sienna at the same time
Bartolomeo Bimbi worked 1750–1781
Carlo Ferrari worked 1740
Carlo Ferrini worked 1740
Pietro Landi worked 1760–1780