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Gaetano Sgarabotto

Like his contemporary Igino Sderci, Gaetano Sgarabotti trained as a wood carver before working with the Bisiach family in Milan. Born in Vicenza in 1878, he attended the Accademica Olimpica before joining Riccardo Antoniazzi and later Leandro Bisiach in Milan. He returned to his home town in 1905 and moved again in 1926 to Parma, where he taught at the Parma School of Violin Making from 1928 to 1932. He worked briefly in Vincenza again and in Brescia, but settled again in Parma where he died in 1959. He won many awards in Vicenza, Turin, Paris, Milan, Brussels and Rome, and exhibited a quartet in Cremona in 1937, which is maintained in the Museo di Violino there. He was created a ‘Cavaliere’ in 1918 in recognition of his achievements. His work is very varied, drawing on many classical models and on many minor Italian makers of the eighteenth century, while also developing a personal model.

Gaetano Sgarabotto

(b Vicenza, 1878; d Parma, 1959)

Like his contemporary Igino Sderci, Gaetano Sgarabotti trained as a wood carver before working with the Bisiach family in Milan. Born in Vicenza in 1878, he attended the Accademica Olimpica before joining Riccardo Antoniazzi and later Leandro Bisiach in Milan. He returned to his home town in 1905 and moved again in 1926 to Parma, where he taught at the Parma School of Violin Making from 1928 to 1932. He worked briefly in Vincenza again and in Brescia, but settled again in Parma where he died in 1959. He won many awards in Vicenza, Turin, Paris, Milan, Brussels and Rome,... Read more

Instruments for sale in our March 2024 - Auction Catalogue

Lot 103

A viola by Gaetano Sgarabotto

(b Vicenza, 1878; d Parma, 1959)

Parma, circa 1920

£35,000-50,000

GBP£35,000.00 - £50,000.00
EUR€42,000.00 - €60,000.00
AUD$60,200.00 - $86,000.00
JPY¥5,654,600.00 - ¥8,078,000.00
KRW₩55,703,200.00 - ₩79,576,000.00
CHFCHF42,700.00 - CHF61,000.00
USD$45,850.00 - $65,500.00

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A viola by Gaetano Sgarabotto

Parma, circa 1930

This viola shows the hand of a fully established maker and is a representative and typical example of the work of Gaetano Sgarabotto in his Parma-period. The instrument is made... read more

A viola by Gaetano Sgarabotto

Parma, circa 1930

This viola shows the hand of a fully established maker and is a representative and typical example of the work of Gaetano Sgarabotto in his Parma-period. The instrument is made on a personal model and is covered in red varnish of a rich texture.

This viola has a quick response, a colourful range of overtones with an open treble and a supportive bass register.

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The Rosenberg Collection Part II – Milan

20 January 2023 - Dilworth, John

From Cremona, the Rosenberg collection takes us to Milan. Evidently the Milanese makers must have been of particular fascination to Rosenberg himself. His collection celebrates the Lombardy capital as intensively and comprehensively as it does Cremona. It begins with an... Read more

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