Savona School
Girolamo Trucco
Savona, worked 1840
Very undisciplined work. Loose, asymmetrical outline with deeply incurving ‘c’ bouts. Medium to low arch, broad edge with prominent corners, and long low-set and sloping soundholes. Neatly turned scroll with large eye. Red-brown varnish of good quality but thin textured. Rather poor materials, proba\u{2026} — John Dilworth
Auction price history
Highest auction price
| Type | Details | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violin | May 2013 | £18,750 | |
| Violin | [Attributed to] | July 2004 | £7,200 |
Biographies
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John Dilworth+
TRUCCO, Girolamo Worked circa. 1840 Savona, Genoa Italy Possibly a pupil of Rastelli. Very undisciplined work. Loose, asymmetrical outline with deeply incurving ‘c’ bouts. Medium to low arch, broad edge with prominent corners, and long low-set and sloping soundholes. Neatly turned scroll with large eye. Red-brown varnish of good quality but thin textured. Rather poor materials, probably of local origin. Also maker of guitars and harps. Girolamo Trucco / Fabbricante di Chitarre, Arpe e Violini / in Savona. 1840
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+
Ein geschickter Handwerker, der recht gute Geigen, Guitarren und auch Harfen machte.
Karel Jalovec+
Savona, ca 1840, made violins, harps and guitars. He produced, mostly with great skill, violins of a small pattern.
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