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Valentino Valentini

1881–1945

Sculptor and luthier. Completed 45 violins, six violas, and two cellos after 1907. Good work. Brown spirit varnish. Valentini Valentino / fecit in Roma 1934 — John Dilworth
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John Dilworth+

VALENTINI, Valentino Born 1881, died 1945 Rome Italy. Sculptor and luthier. Completed 45 violins, six violas, and two cellos after 1907. Good work. Brown spirit varnish. Valentini Valentino / fecit in Roma 1934

Karel Jalovec+

Rome, b, Apr. 10. 1881, sculptor by profession, made violins in leisure time; reddish-brown spirit varnish.

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