Mantua · about 1739 to 1750
May be living
Named in 1 book.
What the books printed
A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London: Novello, n.d. Page 14, scan 24.
Camilli, Camillus (Camilus di Camila). Worked in Mantua about 1739-50. He followed the Stradivari pattern, and used carefully selected wood; his violins have …
Labels the books quote
- "Camillus Camilli, fecit Mantuæ, 1739" (A dictionary of violin makers, n.d.)
Same name
Whether any of these is the same person, the books do not say.
Same town, same time
19 other Mantua makers have a year in the 1700s. A few of them:
- 1725 to 1760 Guarnerius, P. (son of J.)
- 1727 Grancino, Giovanni Batt
- about 1730 Zanotti, Antonio
- about 1740 Camillus, Camilli
- about 1750 Albani
- about 1750 Barbieri, Pietro