Venice · 1670 to 1740
Historical maker
Named in 2 books.
What the books printed
Dictionary of Violin makers, Arnold Sewell. 1928. Scan 55.
GOFFRILLER (Matteo) — Venice 1670-1740. This master, whose work is of a high standard, has not always been very careful in his choice of woods, …
Old violins, Haweis, H. R. (Hugh Reginald). Edinburgh, Grant, 1905. Page 252, scan 276.
Goffriller, Matteo. Venice, 1690-1740. Careless in wood but careful in work; yellow varnish; arched pattern violin excellent.
- Entries from 2 books stand under this name, and we are not sure they mean the same person. That is on hold until somebody settles it.
Same name
Whether any of these is the same person, the books do not say.
Same town, same time
44 other Venice makers have a year in the 1600s. A few of them:
- born 1663 Stanza, Giuseppe
- 1670 to 1680 Siciliano, Gioacchino
- 1670 to 1728 Tononi, Gio
- 1672 to 1703 Molinari, Antonio
- 1675 to 1730 Santo, Seraphino
- 1677 Amatis, Giambattista