Gennaro Gagliano
Highest auction price
£245,528
Auction price history
| Type | Details | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violin | Labelled Januarius Gaglianus Fecit Neap: 1749 | Wed 1st May 2024 | £122,506 |
| Violin | Labelled Januarius Gaglianus, Fecit Neapoli, 1743 | Fri 1st March 2024 | £94,400 |
| Cello | 75.7 cm Naples , 18th C. [Attributed to] | Sat 1st October 2011 | £61,250 |
| Violin | 35.6 cm 1770 c. [Possibly by] | Sat 1st October 2011 | £2,400 |
| Violin | 35.4 cm Naples, 1760 c. | Fri 1st October 2010 | £48,340 |
| Violin | 35.4 cm Naples, 1755 c. | Thu 1st April 2010 | £23,015 |
| Violin | 35.6 cm Naples, 1770 c. | Mon 1st March 2010 | £109,250 |
| Violin | 35.6 cm 1770 c. [Possibly by] | Mon 1st March 2010 | £5,400 |
| Violin | 35.5 cm Naples, 1760 c. [Probably by] | Thu 1st October 2009 | £39,650 |
| Violin | 35.6 cm [Possibly by] | Thu 1st October 2009 | £4,200 |
| Violin | 75.3 cm Naples, 1765 c. | Wed 1st April 2009 | £245,528 |
| Violin | 35.5 cm Naples, 1750 c. | Sun 1st March 2009 | £133,250 |
| Cello | 74.9 cm Naples, 1770 c. | Wed 1st October 2008 | £85,250 |
| Violin | 35.1 cm Naples, 1765 | Wed 1st October 2008 | £73,250 |
| Violin | 35.7 cm Naples, 1766 c. | Mon 1st October 2007 | £41,408 |
| Violin | 35.8 cm [Ascribed to] | Mon 1st October 2007 | £11,875 |
| Violin | 35.4 cm Naples, 1750 c. | Wed 1st November 2006 | £108,264 |
| Violin | Naples, 1770 c. [Attributed to] | Mon 1st November 2004 | £21,600 |
| Violin | Naples, 1763 | Mon 1st November 2004 | £78,000 |
| Violin | 1785 29.6 cm | Fri 1st November 2002 | £16,730 |
| Violin | 1730 | Tue 1st October 2002 | £89,720 |
| Cello | 1741 | Mon 1st November 1999 | £220,000 |
| Violin | 1756 | Fri 1st November 1996 | £74,750 |
| Violin | 1755 | Fri 1st December 1995 | £48,616 |
| Violin | 1750 c. | Mon 1st November 1993 | £35,200 |
| Violin | 17-- | Sun 1st November 1992 | £24,200 |
| Violin | 1750 | Sun 1st March 1992 | £27,500 |
| Violin | 1772 | Fri 1st November 1991 | £39,600 |
| Violin | 1750 c. | Fri 1st March 1991 | £20,900 |
| Violin | 1763 | Fri 1st June 1990 | £33,000 |
| Violin | 1749 | Wed 1st June 1988 | £15,400 |
| Violin | 1782 | Tue 1st March 1988 | £26,000 |
| Cello | 1750 c. | Mon 1st June 1987 | £38,500 |
| Violin | 1765 | Fri 1st November 1985 | £21,600 |
| Violin | 1760 c. | Thu 1st November 1984 | £18,700 |
| Cello | 1726 | Fri 1st April 1983 | £62,700 |
| Violin | 1786 | Fri 1st April 1983 | £7,260 |
| Violin | 1780 | Mon 1st March 1982 | £11,000 |
| Violin | 1750 | Thu 1st May 1980 | £9,680 |
Maker Overview
A violin by Gennaro Gagliano, Naples, circa 1760
Biographies
John Dilworth
GAGLIANO, Gennaro Worked circa. 1730-1780 Naples Italy. Second son of Alessandro Gagliano, above. Possibly the best, certainly the most versatile, craftsman of the family. Used many patterns, mostly based on Amati and Stradivari precedents, accurately finished and with perfectly realised archings. An Amati copy once owned by Tarisio is said to have been made originally with an imitation Amati label; the fact that much of Gennaro’s work is unlabelled today implies that he may have been in the habit of using facsimile labels himself. Varnish of excellent quality, sometimes deeply coloured, but lacking the complexity and texture of Alessandro’s. Unlike most of the family, he used maple rather than beech for the purfling. Frequently found with an additional label fixed to the upper rib containing a dedication: In conceptione tua Virgo Maria Immaculata fuisti / Ora pro nobis Patrem, cujus Filium Jesu de Sp. s peperisti’ Printed label: Januarius Gaglianus alumnus / Antonii Stradiuarii fecit Neapoli Ao 1770 Januarius Gagliano fecit / Neapoli anno Domini 1736 Gennaro Gagliano fecit Neap. 17.. Januarius Gagliano filius / Alexandri. Fecit Neap. 17..
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