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Girolamo Trucco

Savona, worked 1840

Very undisciplined work. Loose, asymmetrical outline with deeply incurving ‘c’ bouts. Medium to low arch, broad edge with prominent corners, and long low-set and sloping soundholes. Neatly turned scroll with large eye. Red-brown varnish of good quality but thin textured. — John Dilworth
Worked Savona
Made Violin
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Auction Price History

Highest auction price

£18,750

2 results

Type Details Auction house Sold Price
Violin Lot 185BonhamsMay 2013£18,750
Violin Attributed to—July 2004£7,200

Biographies

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John Dilworth+

TRUCCO, Girolamo Worked circa. 1840 Savona, Genoa Italy Possibly a pupil of Rastelli. Very undisciplined work. Loose, asymmetrical outline with deeply incurving ‘c’ bouts. Medium to low arch, broad edge with prominent corners, and long low-set and sloping soundholes. Neatly turned scroll with large eye. Red-brown varnish of good quality but thin textured. Rather poor materials, probably of local origin. Also maker of guitars and harps. Girolamo Trucco / Fabbricante di Chitarre, Arpe e Violini / in Savona. 1840

Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+

Ein geschickter Handwerker, der recht gute Geigen, Guitarren und auch Harfen machte.

Karel Jalovec+

Savona, ca 1840, made violins, harps and guitars. He produced, mostly with great skill, violins of a small pattern.

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