Gaspar Lorenzini

Violin maker
(c. 1723 – c. 1804)

Gaspar Lorenzini was probably a pupil of J. B. Guadagnini, and the Guadagnini and Lorenzini families were certainly acquainted. His early work featured slightly coarse materials and a thin golden ground, yet it exhibited good Italian quality. Later work was more finely finished, characterized by low but full arching and carefully attended details. The varnish was red-orange, slightly thin and brittle, ...Read More but very fine. The purfling was often quite broad. He produced excellent small violas and sometimes branded them within a heart shape on the table beneath the fingerboard: `G. L. P. '. Read Less

Price History

- The auction record for this maker is $35,809 in Oct 2010, for a violin.
- 6 auction price results.

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