Enrico Marchetti
Cuorgné, Milan, Turin, 1855–1930
Enrico Marchetti (1855-1930) was a highly regarded Italian violin maker, considered the best in Turin during the 20th century. He trained with L. Bajoni and G. Rossi in Milan before working in Turin with B. Giofffredo (Rinaldi) and A. Guadagnini. Establishing his own workshop in 1881, Marchetti was known for his fine copies of classical works, particularly those of Pressenda and the Neapolitan school, often using good materials and transparent yellow varnish. He received numerous awards at international exhibitions and was assisted by his son, Vittorio.
Instruments
Auction Price History
Highest auction price
78 results
| Type | Details | Auction house | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violin | Labelled Joseph Rocca fecit Taurini Anno Domini 1861 Premiato di Medaglie alle Esposizioni di ... Lot 123 | Tarisio | March 2026 | £44,926est. Estimate $ 30,000-50,000 |
| Violin | Labelled Enrico Marchetti mediolanensis premiato con diciotto Medaglie alle primarie Esposizioni ... Lot 172 | Tarisio | November 2025 | £11,968est. $ 10,000-15,000 |
| Violin | After Guadagnini, labelled Enrico Marchetti Mediolanensis, Premiato di diciotto medaglie alle ... Lot 53 | Ingles & Hayday | October 2023 | £31,200est. £ 15,000-20,000 |
| Violin | Labelled Enrico Marchetti mediolanensis, premiato con diciotto medaglie alle, primarie esposizioni ... Lot 93 | Tarisio | June 2023 | £26,087est. $ 25,000-40,000 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label Lot 374 | Vichy | December 2022 | £29,992est. € 20.000-30.000 |
| Violin | Labelled Enrico Marchetti Mediolanensis Premiato di quindici Medaglie alle primarie Esposizioni ... Lot 37 | Ingles & Hayday | November 2022 | £33,600est. £ 12,000-18,000 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label n. 45 and signature to the back Lot 25 | Vichy | June 2022 | £52,830est. € 25.000-30.000 |
| Violin | Bearing an original label Lot 35 | Brompton’s | June 2021 | £28,800est. £ 18,000-25,000 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label and signatures Lot 170 | Vichy | December 2020 | £33,039est. € 28.000-30.000 |
| Violin | Labelled Enrico Marchetti mediolanensis, premiato con diciotto medaglie alle, primarie esposizioni ... Lot 234 | Tarisio | March 2020 | £25,200est. £ 18,000-25,000 |
| Violin | Labelled Enrico Marchetti mediolanensis, premiato con diciotto medaglie alle, primarie esposizioni ... Lot 227 | Tarisio | March 2020 | £17,700est. £ 15,000-22,000 |
| Violin | Labelled Enrico Marchetti mediolanensis, premiato con diciotto medaglie alle ..., ivory top saddle Lot 190 | Tarisio | June 2019 | £30,000est. £ 15,000-22,000 |
| Violin | Labelled Joannes Baptista Guadagnini Cremonensis fecit Taurini Alumnes Antoni Stradivari 1780 GBGT Lot 16 | Ingles & Hayday | March 2019 | £28,800est. £ 12,000-18,000 |
| Violin | Labelled Enrico Marchetti Mediolanensis Premiato di diciotto, medaglie alle primarie ..., bone top saddle Lot 145 | Tarisio | February 2019 | £28,860est. $ 20,000-30,000 |
| Violin | Labelled Enrico Marchetti Mediolanensis, Premiato con diciotto Medaglie alle, Primarie Esposizioni ... Lot 235 | Tarisio | November 2018 | £20,096est. $ 16,000-25,000 |
| Violin | Labelled Enrico Marchetti, mediolanensis, premiato con diciotto medaglie alle, primarie esposizioni ... Lot 178 | Tarisio | October 2017 | £26,400est. £ 15,000-22,000 |
| Violin | Labelled Enrico Marchetti, Cuorgné, 1909 ... Lot 218 | Tarisio | May 2017 | £31,828est. $ 40,000-60,000 |
| Violin | Made in collaboration with his pupil Anselmo Curletto, labelled Enrico Marchetti mediolanensis ... Lot 164 | Tarisio | March 2017 | £8,000est. £ 8,000-12,000 |
| Violin | Labelled Enrico Marchetti mediolanensis, premiato con diciotto medaglie alle, primarie esposizioni ... Lot 187 | Tarisio | February 2017 | £28,868est. $ 20,000-30,000 |
| Violin | Labelled Antonio Guadagnini fece Torino, anno 1873 AGT Lot 18 | Ingles & Hayday | October 2016 | £18,000est. £ 15,000-20,000 |
| Violin | Labelled Enrico Marchetti mediolanensis, premiato con diciotto medaglie alle, primarie esposizioni ... Lot 178 | Tarisio | June 2016 | £14,160est. £ 15,000-22,000 |
| Violin | Labelled Enrico Marchetti Mediolanensis, Premiato con diciotto Medaglie alle primarie Esposizioni ... Lot 166 | Ingles & Hayday | March 2016 | £18,000est. £ 10,000-15,000 |
| Violin | Labelled Enrico Marchetti Mediolanensis, Premiato con diciotto Medaglie alle primarie Esposizioni ... Lot 124 | Tarisio | February 2016 | £12,922est. $ 15,000-22,000 |
| Violin | Labelled Enrico Marchetti Mediolanensis, Premiato di, diciotto medaglie alle primarie espos... e ... Lot 163 | Tarisio | November 2015 | £15,600est. £ 15,000-22,000 |
| Violin | Showing the collaboration of his pupil Anselmo Curletto, labelled Enrico Marchetti Mediolanensis ... Lot 164 | Tarisio | November 2015 | £17,700est. £ 20,000-30,000 |
| Viola | Unlabelled Lot 89 | Tarisio | May 2015 | £15,248est. $ 15,000-22,000 |
| Violin | Labelled Enrico Marchetti, Mediolanensis, Premiato Esposizioni estere e nazionali, Fecit Taurini anno ... Lot 231 | Tarisio | May 2015 | £10,496est. $ 10,000-15,000 |
| Violin | Labelled Enrico Marchetti Mediolanensis, Premiato con diciotto Medaglie alle primarie Esposizioni ... Lot 245 | Tarisio | May 2015 | £9,911est. $ 18,000-25,000 |
| Violin | Labelled Enrico Marchetti Mediolanensis, Premiato con Diciotto Medaglie alle Primarie Esposizioni ... Lot 203 | Tarisio | March 2015 | £15,600est. £ 15,000-22,000 |
| Violin | Labelled Enrico Marchetti Mediolanensis Premiato con ..., showing the collaboration of his son Edoardo Lot 188 | Tarisio | October 2014 | £8,260est. £ 10,000-15,000 |
| Cello | Labelled Enrico Marchetti Mediolanensis, Premiato di quindici Medaglie alle primarie Esposizioni ... Lot 66 | Ingles & Hayday | May 2014 | £38,400est. £ 35,000-50,000 |
| Violin | Labelled Enrico Marchetti, Mediolanensis, Premiato con diciotto Medaglie alle primarie Esposizioni ... Lot 243 | Tarisio | May 2014 | £10,616est. $ 13,000-22,000 |
| Violin | Labelled Carlo Antonio Testore, figlio Maggiore del fu Carlo Giuseppe in Contrada larga al segno ... Lot 244 | Tarisio | May 2014 | £12,739est. $ 15,000-22,000 |
| Violin | Labelled Carlo Antonio Testore ..., branded several times to the inside back Lot 279 | Tarisio | October 2013 | £14,802est. $ 15,000-22,000 |
| Violin | Labelled Enrico Marchetti di Milano, Fece in Torino nel 1883 Lot 125 | Ingles & Hayday | October 2013 | £28,800est. £ 25,000-35,000 |
| Violin | Labelled Enrico Marchetti di Milano fece in Torino nel 1885, branded E. Marchetti internally Lot 18 | Ingles & Hayday | May 2013 | £16,800est. £ 15,000-20,000 |
| Violin | Labelled Enrico Marchetti Mediolanensis, premiato con diciotto Medaglie alle primarie Esposizioni ... Lot 199 | Tarisio | March 2013 | £18,000est. £ 15,000-22,000 |
| Violin | Labelled Enrico Marchetti, Turin, 1919 ... Lot 337 | Tarisio | November 2012 | £16,478est. $ 15,000-22,000 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's original label and branded E MARCHETTI on the interior back Lot 64 | Skinners | October 2012 | £17,135est. $ 28,000-32,000 |
| Violin | Labelled Enrico Marchetti, Cuorgnè, 1909 ... Lot 134 | Tarisio | June 2012 | £24,000est. £ 25,000-40,000 |
| Viola | Labelled Enrico Marchetti Mediolanensis ... Fecit Taurini anno Domini 1914 Lot 57 | Sotheby's | March 2012 | £34,850est. £ 20,000-30,000 |
| Violin | Labelled Enrico Marchetti Mediolanensis ... Fecit Taurini anno Domini 1923 Lot 118 | Sotheby's | March 2012 | £27,500est. £ 24,000-28,000 |
| Violin | 35.5 cm Italy , 1900 c. Attributed to | — | October 2011 | £4,000 |
| Violin | 35.6 cm Turin, 1890 c. | — | October 2011 | £15,600 |
| Violin | 35.7 cm Turin, 1917 | — | May 2011 | £18,573 |
| Violin | 35.9 cm Cuorgné (Turin), 1908 | — | March 2011 | £27,000 |
| Violin | 35.8 cm 1900 c. | — | October 2010 | £10,412 |
| Violin | 35.6 cm Turin | — | October 2010 | £15,600 |
| Violin | 36.0 cm Turin, 1927 | — | April 2010 | £16,498 |
| Violin | 36.0 cm 1927 Ascribed to | — | March 2010 | £15,600 |
| Violin | 35.4 cm Turin, 1927 | — | May 2009 | £21,351 |
| Violin | 35.7 cm 1900 c. | — | May 2008 | £9,195 |
| Violin | 35.2 cm 1900 c. Attributed to | — | March 2008 | £2,500 |
| Cello | 76.0 cm 20th C. Ascribed to | — | October 2007 | £6,852 |
| Cello | 75.5 cm Turin, 1890 | — | February 2007 | £66,000 |
| Violin | 35.6 cm Turin, 1893 | — | October 2006 | £12,630 |
| Cello | Cuorgné (Turin), 1893 | — | February 2005 | £26,400 |
| Violin | Torin, 1921 | — | November 2004 | £6,817 |
| Cello | Turin, 1880 c. Probably by | — | May 2004 | £12,867 |
| Cello | 1912 | — | October 2003 | £32,930 |
| Viola | 39.7 cm 1880 | — | May 2003 | £22,080 |
| Violin | 1900 c. | — | November 2002 | £14,100 |
| Violin | 1916 | — | June 2002 | £9,059 |
| Violin | 1927 | — | June 2002 | £6,416 |
| Violin | 1922 | — | November 2001 | £11,750 |
| Violin | 1915 | — | November 2001 | £15,957 |
| Cello | 1912 | — | November 2000 | £52,875 |
| Violin | 1917 | — | November 2000 | £8,521 |
| Violin | 1927 | — | May 1999 | £3,236 |
| Violin | 1890 | — | March 1999 | £10,925 |
| Viola | 40.0 cm 1908 | — | November 1997 | £12,650 |
| Violin | 1915 | — | March 1997 | £5,750 |
| Violin | 1887 | — | September 1988 | £3,740 |
| Violin | 1880 | — | May 1986 | £1,295 |
| Viola | 40.0 cm 1900 | — | March 1986 | £5,500 |
| Violin | 1919 | — | November 1982 | £935 |
| Violin | 1909 | — | November 1981 | £2,019 |
| Violin | 1913 | — | July 1981 | £495 |
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Maker Overview
Life
Enrico Marchetti (1855-1930) was born in Milan in 1855 and died in Turin, Italy, in 1930. He is regarded as the best Turin maker of the 20th century, according to The Brompton's Book of Violin & Bow Makers by John Dilworth. Marchetti worked in Turin from approximately 1874. Initially, he worked with B. Giofffredo (Rinaldi) and subsequently with A. Guadagnini. A prize awarded to Guadagnini in 1881, the year of Guadagnini's death, was later disputed by Marchetti, who had made the instrument on Guadagnini's behalf. Marchetti established himself independently in 1881 at 10 Piazza Vittorio Emanuele I. He resided in Cuorgné from 1893 to 1912. During his career, he was assisted by his son Vittorio, R. Marengo, and A. Curletto.
Characteristics
- Work
- Marchetti produced fine copies of classical works, specialising in Pressenda and the Neapolitan school.
- Models
- His early work featured a long pattern Stradivari model, and he later made copies of more obscure makers, often utilising false labels.
- Materials & Varnish
- He used good materials and a good transparent yellow varnish.
- Branding
- Some examples of his instruments are branded 'E.M.' on the lower rib, or internally 'E. Marchetti Torino'.
- Labels
- An example of his label reads: 'Enrico Marchetti Mediolanensis / Premiato con diciotto Medaglie alle / primarie Esposizioni estere e nazionali / fecit Taurini anno Domini, 1924'.
- Enrico Marchetti Mediolanensis
Premiato con diciotto Medaglie alle
primarie Esposizioni estere e nazionali
fecit Taurini anno Domini, 1924John Dilworth
Influence and legacy
- Training: Enrico Marchetti trained with L. Bajoni and G. Rossi in Milan.
- Collaborations: He worked initially with B. Giofffredo (Rinaldi) and subsequently with A. Guadagnini.
- Awards: Marchetti received awards at numerous exhibitions, including Turin 1884, Antwerp and Paris 1885, Paris 1886, and Toulouse 1887. Willibald Leo Lütgendorff notes that he received a silver medal in Antwerp in 1885.
- Exhibitions: He exhibited in Milan in 1894 and Turin in 1898.
- Family Continuity: His son, Vittorio, assisted him in his work.
Further Information
- Workshop Address: From 1881, his independent workshop was located at 10 Piazza Vittorio Emanuele I.
- Residence: He resided in Cuorgné from 1893 to 1912.
Biographies
The overview above is drawn from the following published accounts. Read them in the original:
John Dilworth+
MARCHETTI, Enrico Born 1855 Milan, died 1930 Turin Italy. Regarded as the best Turin maker of the 20th century. Trained with L. Bajoni and G. Rossi in Milan, worked in Turin from c.1874, initially with B. Giofffredo (Rinaldi) and subsequently with A. Guadagnini. A prize awarded to Guadagnini in the year of his death, 1881 was later disputed by Marchetti, who had made the instrument on Guadagnini’s behalf. Established independently in that year at 10 Piazza Vittorio Emanuele I. Awards at many exhibitions: Turin 1884, Antwerp and Paris 1885, Paris 1886, and Toulouse 1887. Resident in Cuorgné 1893-1912, during which time he exhibited in Milan 1894 and Turin 1898. Assisted by his son Vittorio, below, R. Marengo, and A. Curletto. Fine copies of classical works, specialising in Pressenda and the Neapolitan school. Early work on a long pattern Stradivari model, later made copies of more obscure makers, often using false labels. Good materials and good transparent yellow varnish. Some examples branded ‘E.M.’ on lower rib, or internally ‘E. Marchetti Torino’. Enrico Marchetti Mediolanensis / Premiato con diciotto Medaglie alle / primarie Esposizioni estere e nazionali / fecit Taurini anno Domini, 1924 [Blot IV]
Cecie Stainer+
A maker of good instruments in Turin in the 19th century.
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+
Ein besserer Meister aus der zweiten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts, der u. A. 1885 eine silberne Medaille in Antwerpen erhalten hat.
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