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Giuseppe Ornati

Auction price history

Highest auction price

£84,000

Type	Details	Sold	Price
Violin	Labelled Giuseppe Ornati, fece in Milano anno 1951, branded Giuseppe Ornati Milano	October 2024	£84,000
Violin		October 2014	£40,000
Violin		October 2012	£49,250
Violin	35.5 cm Milano, 1935 [Attributed to]	November 2011	£4,801
Violin	35.8 cm [Attributed to]	October 2007	£9,136
Violin	35.7 cm Milan, 1955	October 2007	£31,700
Violin	35.5 cm Milan, 1919	November 2006	£16,800
Violin	35.7 cm [Workshop of]	October 2006	£3,789
Violin	35.6 cm Milan, 1949	May 2006	£21,461
Violin	Milan, 1929	November 2004	£20,785
Violin	1930	July 2003	£21,000
Violin	1931	July 2003	£24,625
Violin	1924	November 2000	£15,275
Violin	1919	May 2000	£13,734
Violin	1920	November 1999	£22,000
Viola	41.6 cm 1921	June 1999	£22,000
Viola	41.6 cm 1921	June 1996	£16,100
Violin	19--	June 1996	£10,350
Violin	1954	June 1995	£9,200
Violin	1920	December 1994	£25,801
Violin	1922	July 1993	£23,000
Cello	1953	June 1987	£9,900
Violin	1923	November 1985	£6,600

Biographies

John Dilworth

ORNATI, Giuseppe Born 1885 Albairate, Milan, died 1965 Milan Italy. Son of Carlo, an amateur luthier. Pupil of C. Moneta in Milan from 1901, worked for L. Bisiach from 1903 alongside Gaetano Sgarabotto, Georg Ullmann, and Ferdinando Garimberti. Established independently in Milan from c.1920, but continued his relationship with Bisiach, and trained his sons. Appointed luthier to to ‘La Scala’ opera house, and teacher at the Cremona International School of Violin Making 1961-1963. Awarded gold medal at Rome 1920 and 1923, and Milan 1924. Fine elegant workmanship on classical and personal models; purfling particularly fluent and distinctive. Also made many plucked instruments. Both oil and spirit varnish, generally clear golden- or red-brown. Signed internally on the upper block Giuseppe Ornati / fece in Milano anno 1926 G.O.M.