Lorenzo Ventapane
Auction price history
Highest auction price
£109,980
| Type | Details | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violin | Labelled Januarius Vinaccia Fecit Neapoli A. 1770 | March 2024 | £46,109 |
| Violin | May 2015 | £41 | |
| Violin | 35.4 cm (back repurfled & possibly not original) [Probably by] | May 2011 | £13,839 |
| Violin | 34.9 cm Naples, 1810 c. | May 2011 | £35,509 |
| Violin | 35.6 cm Naples, 1800 | March 2011 | £16,800 |
| Cello | 73.4 cm Naples, Early 19th C. | October 2010 | £71,351 |
| Violin | 35.2 cm Naples, Mid-18th C. | April 2010 | £41,244 |
| Violin | 35.6 cm [Ascribed to] | October 2009 | £9,639 |
| Violin | 35.2 cm Naples, 1840 c. | March 2009 | £55,575 |
| Violin | 35.9 cm Neapel, 1820 c. | November 2008 | £13,471 |
| Violin | 35.6 cm 1830 c. [Attributed to] | November 2008 | £24,000 |
| Cello | 74.3 cm Naples, 1825 | November 2008 | £109,980 |
| Violin | 34.9 cm Early 19th C. [Attributed to] | March 2008 | £4,000 |
| Violin | 35.2 cm Naples, 1840 c. | July 2006 | £36,000 |
| Violin | 35.6 cm [Ascribed to] | May 2006 | £8,584 |
| Violin | Early 19th C. | November 2005 | £22,800 |
| Cello | late 19th C. [Ascribed to] | May 2005 | £6,716 |
| Violin | Naples, 1820 c. | October 2004 | £28,947 |
| Violin | [Attributed to] | May 2004 | £5,975 |
| Violin | Naples, 1820 c. | March 2004 | £38,400 |
| Violin | 1829 | November 2001 | £25,300 |
| Violin | 34.0 cm 1850 | June 2001 | £8,400 |
| Violin | 1820 | March 2000 | £25,300 |
| Violin | 18-- | July 1997 | £29,900 |
| Violin | 1820 c. | March 1997 | £27,600 |
| Violin | 18-- | July 1991 | £12,100 |
| Violin | 1835 | June 1991 | £31,900 |
| Cello | 64.8 cm 1808 c. | March 1991 | £10,450 |
| Violin | 1837 | November 1990 | £4,840 |
| Violin | 1824 | June 1990 | £14,850 |
| Violin | 1810 | June 1990 | £20,900 |
| Violin | 1830-50 | June 1988 | £9,900 |
| Violin | 1800 c. | May 1986 | £5,400 |
| Violin | 1816 | June 1984 | £3,870 |
| Violin | 1820 | November 1983 | £4,620 |
| Violin | 1797 | June 1983 | £5,536 |
| Violin | 1800 c. | March 1981 | £5,207 |
| Violin | 1810 | January 1981 | £3,667 |
Biographies
John Dilworth
VENTAPANE, Lorenzo Born 1780, Worked Calata Borgo di Loreto, died 1843 Naples Italy. Nephew of Vincenzo Ventapane, below. Presumed pupil of Giovanni or Nicolo (II) Gagliano. Established in Calata Borgo di Loreto and from 1800 at 35 Strada Donnaregina, Naples. Work in the late Gagliano style. Good designs but unrefined workmanship. Arching of medium height, full to the edges. Fairly hard glossy golden or yellow-brown varnish. Beech purfling set in broad flat edges, the corners also broad but not cleanly formed. Soundholes quite widely set, but of good Stradivari form with small finial circles and broad but crudely fluted lower wings. Scrolls very quickly cut; usually quite crude. Materials generally of basic quality. Cellos particularly prized as well-proportioned and effective instruments. Scrolls have distinctively large and protruding eyes. Double basses and various plucked instruments also recorded. Lorenzo Ventapane / Fabbricante di strumenti armonici / Strada Donnaregina 35 / Napoli 18.. Lorenzo Ventapane / Strada Donnaregina No. 35 Napoli 1809 Lorenzo Ventapane / Fabbricante di Strumenti da Corde / Abita Calata Borgo di Loreto No 23
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