Valentino De Zorzi
Florence, Pistoia, Vittorio, 1837–1916
Self-taught. Opened a shop in Pistoia in 1880, having previously been fighting with Garibaldi’s forces before working as a blacksmith and armourer in Bologna. Commissioned to build his first violin by Count Vieri Ganucci Cancellieri in Pistoia. — John Dilworth
Auction Price History
Highest auction price
19 results
| Type | Details | Auction house | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violin | Lot 54 | Bonhams | August 2026 | £30,000 |
| Violin | Labelled VALENTINUS DE ZORZI Cenetensi Venetum fecit FLORENTIAE A. 1904, branded VDZ Lot 217 | Brompton’s | October 2020 | £20,400est. £ 18,000-25,000 |
| Cello | Labelled Valentinus De Zorzi, Cenetensi Venetum fecit, Florentia A. 1912 No. 11 Lot 11 | Tarisio | June 2015 | £47,200est. £ 40,000-60,000 |
| Violin | Labelled Valentinus de Zorzi, Centensis Venetum fecit Florentiae A. 1892, branded to the lower rib V.D.Z. Lot 161 | Tarisio | March 2014 | £22,800est. £ 18,000-25,000 |
| Violin | Violin, 1881 Lot 54 | Bonhams | May 2013 | £30,000est. £ 25,000-35,000 |
| Violin | 35.9 cm 1900 c. Attributed to | — | January 2009 | £3,495 |
| Violin | 35.8 cm Florence, 1914 | — | January 2008 | £9,032 |
| Violin | 36.0 cm Florence, 1906 | — | January 2007 | £9,200 |
| Cello | 75.1 cm 1914 c. | — | January 2006 | £4,528 |
| Violin | 35.8 cm Florence, 1913 | — | January 2006 | £1,012 |
| Violin | Florence, 1906 | — | January 2005 | £12,880 |
| Violin | 1887 | — | January 2002 | £10,575 |
| Violin | 1900 | — | January 2000 | £15,493 |
| Violin | 1890 | — | January 1998 | £9,172 |
| Violin | 1907 | — | January 1997 | £18,400 |
| Cello | 1880 | — | January 1995 | £4,701 |
| Violin | 1881 | — | January 1995 | £1,519 |
| Violin | 1906 | — | January 1993 | £6,900 |
| Violin | 1901 | — | January 1980 | £2,420 |
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Biographies
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John Dilworth+
DE ZORZI, Valentino Born 1837 Vittorio, died 1916 Florence Italy. Self-taught. Opened a shop in Pistoia in 1880, having previously been fighting with Garibaldi’s forces before working as a blacksmith and armourer in Bologna. Commissioned to build his first violin by Count Vieri Ganucci Cancellieri in Pistoia. Moved to Florence 1885, working in via del Corso in collaboration with Silvio Paoletti, who later succeeded to the business. Violins on his own model, and those of Stradivari and Stainer. Also produced many other types of plucked instrument. Violin in the Cherubini Museum, Florence, labelled: Valentinus De Zorzi / Cenetensi Venetum fecit / Florentiae A 1980. no. 7 / Credo questo sia perfezionionato [Vannes]
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+
Erlernte autodidaktisch den Geigenbau, arbeitete stets in Italien, eröffnete
seine eigene Werkstatt in Pastoja 1880 und verlegte diese vor 1885 noch nach
Florenz, wo er zu Ansehen kam. Er baut nach eigenem Modell, strebt aber den grossen Vorbildern nach und besitzt zahlreiche Auszeichnungen. Er ist auch Erfinder einer Harfenguittare (18 Saiten mit 5 Octaven, der Archilaute verwandt).
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