Renato SCROLLAVEZZA

Highest auction price achieved
£ 15600.00

By John Dilworth

SCROLLAVEZZA, Renato Born 1927 Castelnuovo Fogliani, Piacenza, Worked from 1955 Parma Italy. Graduate of the Cremona School of Violin Making. Established in Parma. One of the senior figures in 20th century Italian lutherie. Teacher at the violin schools of Parma and Milan 1975-1983. Withdrew from professional production in 1980 to concentrate on private research. Appointed curator of the 1743 ‘Cannone’ Guarneri of Paganini in Genoa 1988-2000. Succeeded by his daughter Elisa (Born 1967). Many prizes awarded: Rome 1956, Ancona 1957 and 1958, Pegli 1960, Ascoli Piceno 1959, Poznan 1962 and 1967, Liège 1963 and 1966, and Cremona 1963 and 1965. Credited with 220 violins, 60 violas, 39 cellos, thr

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Price History

Type Title Sold Price
Viola 41.9 cm Parma, 1969 "...'Leda', No. 33..." Wed 1st June 11 £ 15600.00
Viola 42.0 cm Cremona, 1955 Sun 1st May 11 £ 4370.00
Viola 41.7 cm Parma, 1972 #35 Tue 1st November 05 £ 12237.00
Violin 1968 Tue 1st May 01 £ 5851.00

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