Vettori Dario
Firenzuolo, b. 1903
Pupil of Contavalli. Known as the ‘Mountain Luthier’. Stradivari outline and arching with Guarnerian sound-holes. Darius de Vectoriis / discipulus / Primi Contavallorum / faciebat Florentiolae (Pr Florentiae) / A.D. 19.. ‘Fac me tecum pie flere donec ego vixero’ — John Dilworth
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| Type | Details | Auction house | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labelled Darius de Vectoriis discipulus Primi Contavallorum faciebat Florentiolae (Pr. Florentiae) ... Lot 132 | — | October 2019 | £6,000est. £ 6,000-8,000 | |
| Bearing the maker's signed label, signature to the upper block Lot 58 | — | November 2017 | £8,028est. ¥ 600,000-800,000 | |
| Labelled Darius de Vectoriis, faciebat Florentiolae 1938 and Fac me tecum pie flere, inscribed Al mio ... Lot 198 | — | October 2015 | £4,973est. $ 8,000-12,000 |
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John Dilworth+
DARIO, Vettori Born 1903, Worked from 1936 Firenzuolo, Florence Italy. Pupil of Contavalli. Known as the ‘Mountain Luthier’. Stradivari outline and arching with Guarnerian sound-holes. Darius de Vectoriis / discipulus / Primi Contavallorum / faciebat Florentiolae (Pr Florentiae) / A.D. 19.. ‘Fac me tecum pie flere donec ego vixero’
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