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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
Worked Firenzuolo
Taught by Contavalli
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Auction Price History

Highest auction price

£8,028

3 results

Type Details Auction house Sold Price
ViolaLabelled Darius de Vectoriis discipulus Primi Contavallorum faciebat Florentiolae (Pr. Florentiae) ... Lot 132—October 2019£6,000est. £ 6,000-8,000
ViolaBearing the maker's signed label, signature to the upper block Lot 58—November 2017£8,028est. ¥ 600,000-800,000
ViolinLabelled 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

Biographies

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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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