Bergamo

4 makers. The earliest year printed is 1840, the latest 1884.

Every maker here has Bergamo in a printed line.

1800s

• 1840 to 1884 Rovetta, Antonio
  ROVETTA (ROVELTA), ANTONIO, Bergamo, 1840 to 1884.
• 1840 to 1870 Rovetta, Bergamo
  ROVETTA, Bergamo, 1840—1870.

No year printed

• no year Linarolo, Francesco
  Linarolo (Linerolli), Francesco. The first maker in the family. Worked in Bergamo, later in Venice. A tenor-viol was labelled "Franciscus Linarolus Bergomensis Venetii faciebat." Was probably the maker of an "accordo" dated 1514, beautifully made, the back inlaid with tortoiseshell.
• no year Lolio, Giambattista
  Lolio, Giambattista. A maker in Bergamo in the 18th century.

The books that name them

• A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, 1896
• An encyclopedia of the violin, Alberto Bachmann, 1925
• The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, Hart, 1884

Some names appear twice under different spellings. Each is one book's spelling.