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Anselmo Gotti

Ferrara, Pieve di Cento, b. 1902

Nephew of Orsolo Gotti, below. Violinist. Pupil of Soffritti in Ferrara from 1922. Later established there independently. Finished several instruments left by Soffritti after his death in 1928. Worked in restoration for Anton Wittman in Vienna 1930, but returned to Ferrara the next year to complete \u{2026} — John Dilworth

Worked Ferrara, Pieve di Cento
Made Cello, Viola, Violin
Family Nephew of Orsolo Gotti

Auction Price History

Highest auction price

£12,500

10 results

Type Details Auction house Sold Price
Violin36.0 cm Ferrara, 1948 Attributed toJune 2010£3,600
Cello74.3 cm 20th C. Attributed toOctober 2009£8,750
Violin35.3 cm Ferrara, 1943October 2007£5,139
Cello74.4 cm Ferrara, 1949October 2007£12,500
Violin1949May 1999£9,850
Violin1954June 1995£3,450
Viola41.8 cm 1949March 1995£2,875
Violin1930 c.March 1995£5,520
Violin19--November 1988£2,860
Violin1932April 1983£1,210

Biographies

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

John Dilworth+

GOTTI, Anselmo Born 1902 Pieve di Cento, Worked from 1922 Ferrara Italy. Nephew of Orsolo Gotti, below. Violinist. Pupil of Soffritti in Ferrara from 1922. Later established there independently. Finished several instruments left by Soffritti after his death in 1928. Worked in restoration for Anton Wittman in Vienna 1930, but returned to Ferrara the next year to complete another batch of instruments left unfinished by Armando Monterumici. Worked on new instruments of his own from 1933. Very fine Stradivari and Guarneri imitations; also personal models. Red-brown oil varnish and excellent materials. A. Gotti / Ferrara 1948 A. Gotti / Alumno di Ettore Soffritti / fece in Ferrara Vanno 1929

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