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Luigi Aloisio Marconcini

worked 1760–1791

Moved from Bologna to Ferrara c.1766. Large Cremonese-derived model. Medium to low arch with fine workmanship and materials. Good cellos, also on a large model. Luigi Marconcini / Bologna fecit 1765 Aloysius Marconcini / f. Bologna Luigi Marconcini / in Ferrara 1767 Aloisio Marconcini / Ferrara 1778 — John Dilworth

Made Cello, Violin

Auction price history

Highest auction price

£85,826
Type Details Sold Price
Cello 1787 June 1999 £85,826
Violin 1784 June 1997 £29,900

Biographies

The overview above is drawn from the following published accounts. Read them in the original:

John Dilworth+

MARCONCINI, Luigi Aloisio Worked circa. 1760-1791 Bologna & Ferrara Italy. Moved from Bologna to Ferrara c.1766. Large Cremonese-derived model. Medium to low arch with fine workmanship and materials. Good cellos, also on a large model. Luigi Marconcini / Bologna fecit 1765 Aloysius Marconcini / f. Bologna Luigi Marconcini / in Ferrara 1767 Aloisio Marconcini / Ferrara 1778

Cecie Stainer+

A pupil of Omobono Stradivari, who worked both in Ferrara and Bologna. His instruments are of good workmanship, with pale red varnish.
Labels: “Luigi Marconcini f. Bologna,” and ” Luigi Marconcini in Ferrara, 1767.”

Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+

Schüler des Omobono Stradivari. Er scheint Anfangs in Bologna gearbeitet
zu haben, bevor er sich in Ferrara niederliess. Eine lombardische »Chitaronne«
von ihm besitzt das Museum Kraus in Florenz. Seine Geigen sind recht gut,
namentlich aber seine Violen. Eine kleine Viola d’amore von sehr sauberer Arbeit befand sich 1895 in Wiener Privatbesitz. In einer zehnsaitigen Viola findet sich der nebenstehende Zettel:

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