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Antonio Tarotano

d. 1623

TAROTANO, Antonio c.1623 Novara Italy. Henley reports instruments of good quality, backs decorated with fleur-de-lys inlay. Unreported elsewhere. Work presently unknown. S. Salvator Novara / F. Antonius Tarotanus / faciebat A.D. 1623 [Henley] — John Dilworth
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John Dilworth+

TAROTANO, Antonio c.1623 Novara Italy. Henley reports instruments of good quality, backs decorated with fleur-de-lys inlay. Unreported elsewhere. Work presently unknown. S. Salvator Novara / F. Antonius Tarotanus / faciebat A.D. 1623 [Henley]

Karel Jalovec+

Novara, ca 1623. The maker of an orange-coloured violin, adorned on the back with French lilies, with the belly flatter than the back, was a monk, a good amateur, equalling in tone and workmanship good Italian masters.

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