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    Amati > Makers Archive > C > Giovanni Battista Costa

    Giovanni Battista Costa

    Venice, worked 1770

    Rarely encountered maker. Fine work in a distinctively Seraphin style; possibly a pupil. High arch and elegant Amati-like soundholes. Scroll very much like Seraphin, but slightly lacking in finesse by comparison. Thinly applied rich red-brown varnish. Joan Baptista Costa fecit Venetiis 1774 — John Dilworth
    Worked Venice
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    COSTA, Giovanni Battista Worked circa. 1770 Venice Italy. Rarely encountered maker. Fine work in a distinctively Seraphin style; possibly a pupil. High arch and elegant Amati-like soundholes. Scroll very much like Seraphin, but slightly lacking in finesse by comparison. Thinly applied rich red-brown varnish. Joan Baptista Costa fecit Venetiis 1774

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