Lorenzo & Tomaso Carcassi
Violin maker
(fl. 1750 – 1790)
Lorenzo & Tomaso Carcassi worked both together and individually as pupils of Giovanni Baptista Gabrielli, achieving varying standards of finish and accuracy, generally following a high-arched Stainer model that was prevalent in Florence at that time. Their scrolls were often crudely cut but featured a distinctive large eye and slender chamfers. The varnish typically had a clear thin yellow color, occasionally appearing as a richer gold-brown. The range of quality could be quite unnerving; some work that looked coarse could be perfectly authentic, while others adhered to more classical ideas of craftsmanship and varnish depth.
Price History
- The auction record for this maker is $357,804 in Nov 2022, for a cello.
- 114 auction price results.
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Carcassi family tree
Instruments
Violin -
c. 1740
Florence
Violin -
1743
Florence
Violin -
1745
Florence
Violin -
1745
Florence
Violin -
1745
Florence
Violin -
1745
Florence
Violin -
c. 1745
Florence
Violin -
1747
Florence
Violin -
1750
Florence
Violin -
1750
Florence
Violin -
1750
Florence
Violin -
1753
Florence
Violin -
1755
Florence
Violin -
c. 1760
Florence
Violin -
1760
Florence
Violin -
1760
Florence
Violin -
1760
Florence
Violin -
c. 1764
Florence
Violin -
1765
Florence
Violin -
1767
Florence
Violin -
1767
Florence
Violin -
1770
Florence
Violin -
1770
Florence
Violin -
1770
Florence
Violin -
1771
Florence
Violin -
1773
Florence
Violin -
1775
Florence
Violin -
1776
Florence
Violin -
1777
Florence
Violin -
1778
Florence
Violin -
1779
Florence
Violin -
c. 1780
Florence
Violin -
1780
Florence
Violin -
1784
Florence
Violin -
1784
Florence
Violin -
1785
Florence
Violin -
1786
Florence
Violin -
1786
Florence
Violin -
1787
Florence
Violin -
c. 1790
Florence
Violin -
No Date
Florence
Violin -
No Date
Florence
Violin -
No Date
Florence
Violin -
No Date
Florence
Violin -
No Date
Florence
Viola -
1760
Florence
Viola -
1770
Florence
Viola -
1774
Florence
Viola -
1778
Florence
Viola -
1785
Florence
Viola -
No Date
Florence
Small Violin -
No Date
Florence
Small Violin -
No Date
Florence
Cello -
1743
Florence
Cello -
1750
Florence
Cello -
1769
Florence
Cello -
1776
Florence
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