violin
Camillo Camilli
built in Mantua in ± 1750
A violin built by Camillo Camilli in Mantua around 1750.
History of this instrument
This violin was purchased from a private individual in 1989. It is one of the first instruments that the Musical Instrument Fund was able to acquire. A German certificate dating from 1922 contains the following description of the violin: “This violin is an outstanding work by this master and is magnificently preserved. All parts are authentic. Characteristics: solid back, original orange-colored varnish.” Marie-José Schrijner has been playing this violin since 1989.
About the builder Camillo Camilli
The violin maker Pietro Guarneri “of Mantua” was already quite old when Camillo Camilli was born in that city. The impression that Andrea Guarneri’s eldest son made on Camillo must have been so profound that, for some time, his work came...
