Alessandro Mezzadri
Ferrara, worked 1690–1734
Musician and violin maker. Very stylish and individual, loosely modelled on the Amati, although variable. Generally of medium arch. Workmanship not highly finished or accurate but with great charm. Finely rounded volute with small eye, but hastily cut. — John Dilworth
Auction Price History
Highest auction price
9 results
| Type | Details | Auction house | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label Lot 220 | Vichy | December 2016 | £25,386est. € 28.000-30.000 |
| Violin | Labelled Joseph Guarnerius, Andreae Nepos, fecit Cremonae Anno 1730 Lot 94 | Ingles & Hayday | October 2016 | £78,000est. £ 65,000-85,000 |
| Violin | 35.5 cm Attributed to | — | January 2011 | £1,920 |
| Violin | 35.8 cm Ferrara, 1730 c. | — | January 2008 | £38,025 |
| Violin | 35.6 cm Ferrara, early 18th C. | — | January 2007 | £65,682 |
| Violin | 1701 | — | January 2003 | £30,533 |
| Violin | 1701 | — | January 2003 | £43,200 |
| Viola | 40.6 cm 1715 | — | January 1990 | £14,300 |
| Violin | 1700 c. | — | January 1983 | £5,500 |
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Biographies
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John Dilworth+
MEZZADRI, Alessandro Worked circa. 1690-1734 Ferrara Italy. Musician and violin maker. Very stylish and individual, loosely modelled on the Amati, although variable. Generally of medium arch. Workmanship not highly finished or accurate but with great charm. Finely rounded volute with small eye, but hastily cut. Varnish richly textured and deeply coloured golden to rich orange-brown but of thin consistency. Alessandro Mezzadri / Fece in Ferrara l’anno / 1700
George Hart+
The pattern is inelegant, and the sound-holes too close.
Cecie Stainer+
A maker in Ferrara, 1690-1720. He followed the principles of the Amati school, but the pattern of his instruments is not graceful, the sound-holes are placed too close, and the workmanship is poor.
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+
Seine Geigen gehen zwar auf Nicolas Amati zurück, sind aber unschön in
der Form, die F-Löcher allzu nahe beisammen. Der Lack ist röthlichgelb oder
braunroth und nicht schlecht. Der Name kommt in allen möglichen Verdrehungen
vor, muss aber nach seinem Zettel richtig Mezzadri heissen.
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