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Francesco Linarol

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John Dilworth

LINAROL, Francesco Born circa. 1516 Bergamo, Worked circa. 1520-1563 Venice Italy. Fine six-string viol in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. Distinctive head (flat-sided with incised volute and triple flute around the pegbox) and front made from flat board with the arch provided by shaped transverse bars on the interior. Franciscus Linarolus Bergomensis / Venetiis faciebat

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