Brescia · about 1560 to 1614
Historical maker
Named in 1 book.
What the books printed
Dictionary of Violin makers, Arnold Sewell. 1928. Scan 37.
BERTOLETTI (Antonio) — Brescia circa 1560-1614. Father of Gasparo Bertoletti, called « Gaspard da Salo ». He was a painter and violinist, and is supposed to have made some instruments.
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:
- 1542 to 1609 Bertolotti, Gasparo
- 1547 Zanetto, P.
- 1547 Zannetto, Pellegrino
- about 1550 Peregrino, Giannetto
- born 1552 Virchi, Giovanni Paolo
- born 1565 Bertolotti, Francesco II.