Eugenio Degani

Violin maker
(1842 – 1901)

Eugenio Degani was the son and pupil of Domenico Degani. In 1868, he moved to Montagnana, where he began making violins at least by 1872, winning a gold medal at the Treviso Esposizione. He relocated to Venice in 1888, where he remained until his death. His nephew Giovanni ...Read More Schwarz, Luigi Chiericato, and Ettore Siega were employed by him. When his son Giulio joined the business in 1898, it became known as "Degani e figlio. " A highly skilled craftsman, his instruments featured unique flourishes and a very high standard of finish. The edge channel was narrow but deeply sunk, rising to a sharp ridge. The purfling mitres were long, and at times, the purfling was doubled to five strands of black/white/black/white/black. The pegbox sides were hollowed and had a pronounced recurve at the lower edge. The volutes were deeply undercut. His instruments were often of a large model overall, along with some more conventional imitations of Cremonese makers. He used fine orange varnish. He won medals at Paris in 1885 and 1900, Bologna in 1888, Turin in 1884, and Palermo in 1892. Read Less

Price History

- The auction record for this maker is $108,000 in Nov 2019, for a cello.
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