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 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.
Price History
- The auction record for this maker is $108,000 in Nov 2019, for a cello.
- 157 auction price results.
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Instruments
Violin -
1878
Venice
Violin -
1880
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1884
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1885
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1885
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1886
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1886
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1886
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1886
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1887
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1887
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1887
Montagnana
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1889
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1889
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1890
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1890
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1890
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1891
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1891
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1891
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1891
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1891
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1891
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1891
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1892
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1898
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1898
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1898
Valencia
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1899
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1899
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1899
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1899
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1899
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1900
Venice
Violin -
1909
Venice
Viola -
1895
Venice
Viola -
1899
Venice
Cello -
1879
Venice
Cello -
c. 1880
Venice
Cello -
1884
Venice
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1885
Venice
Cello -
1891
Venice
Cello -
1894
Venice
Cello -
1895
Venice
Cello -
No Date
Venice
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