Pietro VIMERCATI
Biographies
John Dilworth
VIMERCATI, Pietro Worked circa. 1640-1666 Brescia & Venice Italy Said by earlier commentators to have been the teacher of Stainer in Venice. No documentary evidence to support this idea or even of Vimercati’s actual existence. Supposed description: coarse work with high Brescian-style arching, some on narrow Amatisé pattern, with eccentric soundholes. Yellow to dark brown varnish. Small 71cm/28” cellos. No authenticated examples currently known.
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