Brescia · about 1580
Historical maker
Named in 2 books.
What the books printed
Cremona, London: Robert Cocks & Co., 1894. p. 25.
As printed on this page: "26. BENTE, Matteo Brescia, 1580. His instruments are of a broad angular model, and are of interest to collectors only. (l)"
Violins and violin makers. Biographical dictionary of the great Italian artistes, their followers and imitators, to the present time. With essays on important subjects connected with the violin, Pearce, Joseph. London: Longman and co.; Sheffield, J. Pearce, jun., 1866. Page 21, scan 29.
BENTE, MATTEO, Brescia, about 1580.
- Entries from 2 books stand under this name, and the software judged them likely the same person. Tell us if that is wrong and we will split the record.
Same name
Whether any of these is the same person, the books do not say.
Same town, same time
25 other Brescia makers have a year in the 1500s. A few of them:
- 1580 to 1600 Bente, M.
- 1580 to 1637 Benti, Matteo
- 1580 to 1620 Budiani, Giovita
- 1580 to 1620 Budiani, J.
- 1580 to 1631 Maggini, Giovanni Paolo
- 1590 to 1640 Maggini, G. P.