Treviso · about 1740 to 1765
May be living
Named in 1 book.
What the books printed
A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London: Novello, n.d. Page 19, scan 29.
Costa, Pietro Antonio dalla. Worked in Treviso about 1740-65. He made some fairly good violins, following the patterns of Ant. and Gir. Amati; he used …
- Also on this site as Dalla Costa, Pietro Antonio
Labels the books quote
- "Pietro Antonio dalla Costa, fece in Treviso, anno 174—" (A dictionary of violin makers, n.d.)
- "Petrus Antonius a Costa, fecit ad similitudinem illorum quod fecerunt Antonius and Hieronymus fratres Amati Cremonenses, filii Andreae Tarvisii, anno 1757" (A dictionary of violin makers, n.d.)
- "Petrus Antonius a Costa, fecit Tarvisii, anno 1760" (A dictionary of violin makers, n.d.)
- "Petrus Antonius a Costa, fecit Tarvisii, anno 1764." (A dictionary of violin makers, n.d.)
Same name
Whether any of these is the same person, the books do not say. 8 more Costa pages under C.
Same town, same time
6 other Treviso makers have a year in the 1700s.
- 1660 to 1700 Costa
- 1660 to 1700 Costa, Pietro della
- 1700 to 1768 Dalla Costa, Pietro Antonio
- 1740 to 1765 Costa
- 1740 to 1765 Costa, Pietro Antonio della
- 1779 Biza, Giovanni Battista