Vincenzo Ventapane

John Dilworth

VENTAPANE, Vincenzo Worked circa. 1750-1800 Naples Italy. Presumed uncle of Lorenzo Ventapane, above. Pupil of Antonio and Raffaele Gagliano. Possibly the best craftsman of the family but also the least prolific. Not remarkably fine work. Amati form. Well-regulated outline with elegant ‘c’ bouts and long corners. Broad flat modelling. Soundholes well disposed and neatly cut, generally with pointed ‘pike head’ shaped lower wings. Golden-orange or yellow-brown varnish over a flat polished ground. Good original example in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. [Hopfner]

Willibald Leo Lütgendorff

Gute Gagliano-Schule. Er ahmt das Stradivari-Modell (mittlere Grosse) nach und hat einen gelben oder gelbbraunen Lack. Der Ton ist gut. In manchen Arbeiten erinnert er an Tomaso Eberle.

Henri Poidras

Gagliano School. The instruments by this good maker are sought after for their tone qualities. Stradivarius model. Dark yellow varnish.

Karel Jalovec

Naples, 1750—1799. Pupil of one of the Gaglianos and of Tomasso Eberle. His work is beautiful and carefully finished. Every instrument shows the typical features of the Neapolitan school, although he worked on various patterns (Stradivari, Gagliano and often Eberle). The wood is almost always carefully selected, the purfling finished in a tasteful way, the edges neatly rounded off. He used a fine yellow- or yellow brown varnish. The tone is very good. He is considered as the best maker of the Ventapane family. Price 40.000 Kc.

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John Dilworth

Willibald Leo Lütgendorff

Henri Poidras

Karel Jalovec

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