Pietro Paolo De Vitor

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Pietro Paolo De Vitor described himself, on his own label, as Venetian by birth, though his real working life was spent in Brescia in the first half of the 18th century. Surviving instruments are rare, but distinctive: a full, evenly-regulated arch in the Brescian manner, long and gracefully cut soundholes, outward-pointing corners, and a finely-carved scroll with fluting that recalls Pietro Giacomo ...Read More Rogeri's own work closely enough that some contact between the two — though unconfirmed — has been suggested. His varnish is a deep, fine orange-brown.

His reputation was solid enough in his own lifetime to be maintained alongside the very best names in the trade: a real repair record from 1759 shows his instruments serviced in the same batch as work by Stradivari, Andrea Guarneri, Nicolò Amati, and Pietro Antonio dalla Costa. Read Less

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