Luigi Galimberti

Violin maker
(1888 – 1957)

Luigi Galimberti (1888–1957) trained under Innocente Rottola before joining the wider circle of pupils and followers gathered around the Antoniazzi workshop in Milan — most closely associated, of that group, with Romeo Antoniazzi. He worked for the Monzino firm from 1928 to 1930 before setting up independently, first at 7 Piazza Borromeo and later at Via Dolomiti 17. A prolific maker across the ...Read More bowed-instrument family — violins, but also as many as thirty double basses and a substantial number of guitars — he built to both Antoniazzi and classical Italian models, finished in a golden-yellow varnish in both oil and spirit formulations, and won medals at exhibitions in Rome and Florence. Read Less

Price History

- The auction record for this maker is $48,000 in Apr 2012, for a violin.
- 23 auction price results.

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