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Jacopo Brandini

Pisa, worked 1765–1807

Rarely encountered maker. Very thin pale grey-yellow varnish. Amatisé model, somewhat in the Genoese manner. Small volute awkwardly placed on pegbox, broad chest with small, widely spaced soundholes. Henley cites examples with painted purfling on the table and carved decoration on the back. — John Dilworth

Worked Pisa

Auction Price History

Highest auction price

£20,400

1 results

Type Details Auction house Sold Price
Labelled Jacopo Brandini Fece in Pisa l'Anno 1786 Lot 180November 2021£20,400est. £ 14,000-18,000

Biographies

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

John Dilworth+

BRANDINI, Jacopo Worked circa. 1765-1807 Pisa Italy. Rarely encountered maker. Very thin pale grey-yellow varnish. Amatisé model, somewhat in the Genoese manner. Small volute awkwardly placed on pegbox, broad chest with small, widely spaced soundholes. Henley cites examples with painted purfling on the table and carved decoration on the back. Jacopo Brandini / fece in Pisa / l’Anno, 1789

Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+

Unbedeutender Geigenmacher, von dem wenig bekannt ist, vielleicht der
Sohn Fausto’s.

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