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Cremona School

Paolo Gerani

Cremona

GERANI, Paolo early 17th century Cremona Italy. Henley describes violas converted from viola d’amores and viols, without providing sources. Vannes describes work without great value, which seems unlikely for any early Cremonese maker. Presently unverified and probably fictitious. — John Dilworth

Worked Cremona

Biographies

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John Dilworth+

GERANI, Paolo early 17th century Cremona Italy. Henley describes violas converted from viola d’amores and viols, without providing sources. Vannes describes work without great value, which seems unlikely for any early Cremonese maker. Presently unverified and probably fictitious.

Cecie Stainer+

Working in Cremona about 1614.

Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+

Manche wollen den Namen »Gerans« lesen. Er gehört zu den unbekanntesten
Cremonesern.

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