Antonio Maria Lavazza
Violin maker
(1683 – 1708)
Antonio Maria Lavazza (1683 – 26 October 1708), son of Pietro Antonio Lavazza, died in a real, well-documented dispute with Giovanni Battista Grancino, son of the elder Giovanni Grancino — the exact cause is not recorded, but the consequences were severe for both families: the Grancinos never returned to the Contrada Larga as makers, their fortunes there effectively over, while Lavazza's own death ended what Chiesa calls "the finest maker in that family." By 1716, following the deaths of the elder generation of Milanese makers — Testore, Compostano, and now Lavazza himself — his own younger brother, Carlo Antonio Santino, at twenty-six, found himself the most senior and experienced maker still working on the street.
Price History
- The auction record for this maker is $9,600 in May 2010, for a small violin.
- 1 auction price results.
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