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San Maurizio Church
INSTRUMENTS

Antonio vivaldi and his time

The instruments presented in this exhibition form the core collection of masterpieces that belong to the past three centuries. The classical era of Italian violin making has given us the most celebrated, admired, preserved, and therefore imitated, production in the history of manufacturing musical instruments. Although it is always a pleasure to see and compare the most renowned luthiers, it is equally significant and no less fascinating to also document and preserve the production of these masters’ students.
The collection housed in this museum covers a time span of 300 years of Italian violin making and includes splendid examples of the different regional schools.
Violin School by Gasparo da Salò
- 1600 -
Violin Bartolomeo Obici
- 1611 -
Violin Antonio Mariani
- 1670 -
Violin Naples School
- 1700 -
Violin Giovanni Grancino
- 1710 -
Violin 1/2 Carlo Antonio Testore
- 1725 -
Violin Nicola Gagliano
- 1730 -
Violin Matteo Goffriller
- 1735 -
Violin Giovanni Battista Spadari
- 1748 -
Violin Bernardo Calcanius
- 1750 -
Violin Paolo Antonio Testore
- 1760 -
Violin Don Niccolò Amati
- 1760 -
Violin Carlo Antonio Testore
- 1762 -
Violin Giuseppe Odoardi
- 1776 -
Violin Carlo Guadagnini
- 1798 -
Violin 1/2 Giuseppe Antonio Rocca
- 1853 -
Violin Giulio Degani
- 1891 -
Violin Clodoveo Melegari
- 1891 -
Violin Ettore Siega
- 1897 -
Violin Vincenzo Cavani
- 1900 -
Violin Pietro Meneghesso
- 1907 -
Violin "pochette" Leandro Bisiach
- 1909 -
Violin Giovanni Cavani
- 1920 -
Violin Ettore Soffritti
- 1923 -
Violin Jacopo Peternella
- 1925 -
Violin Ettore Siega
- 1927 -
Violin Nicola Utili
- 1930 -
Violin Dante and Alfredo Guastalla
- 1936 -
Viola Anonymous
- 1700 -
Viola Carlo Antonio Testore
- 1749 -
Viola Carlo Antonio Testore
- 1760 -
Viola Giuseppe Gagliano
- 1805 -
Viola Ludovico Rastelli
- 1817 -
Viola Giuseppe Rocca
- 1841 -
Viola Antonio Pelizon
- 1843 -
viola Anselmo Curletto
- 1931 -
Violin d'Amore Luigi Marconcini
- 1760 -
Viola d'amore Anonymous
- 1790 -
Viola d'amore Anonymous
- 1800 -
Viola d'amore Vincenzo Postiglione
- 1890 -
Viola d'amore Leandro Bisiach
- 1909 -
Viola d'amore Giuseppe Vignali
- 1911 -
Viola d'Amore Athos Gardini
- 1930 -
Viola da gamba Anonymous
- 1580 -
Viola da gamba Anonymous
- 1700 -
Viola da Gamba Anonymous
- 1872 -
Viola da gamba Natale Carletti
- 1940 -
Cello Lombard School
- 1650 -
Cello Antonio Tanegia
- 1730 -
Violin Pietro Pallotta
- 1745 -
Cello Giovanni Battista Gabrielli
- 1753 -
Cello Anonymous
- 1790 -
cello Pietro Paolo Desideri
- 1795 -
Bassetto Anonymous
- 1790 -
Double bass Niccolò Amati
- 1670 -
Double bass Michelangelo Bergonzi
- 1776 -
Double bass Anonymous
- 1780 -
Bow "alla Dragonetti" Anonymous
- 1700 -
Bows for double bass Anonymous
- 1700-1800 -
Archlute Anonymous
- 1600 -
Lute Anonymous
- 1603 -
Lute Anonymous
- 1800 -
Mandolin Ligurian School
- 1700 -
Mandolin Gaspare Ferrari
- 1750 -
Mandolin Carlo Guadagnini
- 1794 -
Mandolin Vincenzo Vinaccia
- 1761 -
Mandolin Antonio Vinaccia
- 1762 -
Mandolone Giovanni Battista Fabricatore
- 1780 -
Mandolin Vincenzo Vinaccia
- 1784 -
Mandolin Antonio Vinaccia
- 1787 -
Mandolin Gennaro Vinaccia
- 1893 -
Mandolin Enrico Rocca
- 1888 -
Mandolin "pochette" Anonymous
- 1880 -
Mandolin Anonimous
- 1700 -
Antiphonal Anonymous
- 1500 -
Mandolin Mezza Lira Luigi Mozzani
- 1920 -
Mandolin Lyra Calace
- 1896 -
Mandola Luigi Mozzani
- 1920 -
Mandolone Anonymous
- 1750 -
Colascione Anonymous
- 1800 -
Guitar Anonymous
- 1750 -
Guitar Gaetano Guadagnini
- 1836 -
Guitar Lyre Giacinto Santagiuliana
- 1815 -
Chitarra Lira Luigi Mozzani
- 1920 -
Flauto Thornton
- ca. 1845 -
Bassoon Anonymous
- 1800 -
Oboe Anonymous
English Horn Anonymous
- 1750 -
Clarinets Anonymous
- 1700 -
Musette Anonymous
- 1680 -
Flageolet Anonymous
- 1650 -
Monochord with horn Anonymous
- 1890 -
Muted violin with horn Anonymous
- 1890 -
Tromba Marina Anonymous
- --- -
Barrel-organs Anonymous
- 1850 -
Barrel-organs with bow Anonymous
- 1900 -
Psaltery Venetian School
- 1700 -
Harp Anonymous
- 1690 -
Harp
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