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Giuseppe Odoardi

Auction price history

Highest auction price

£34,100

Type	Details	Sold	Price
Violin	35.2 cm Ascoli Piceno, 1780 c.	Thu 1st October 2009	£21,600
Violin	34.7 cm Ascoli Piceno, 1780 (scroll possibly not original)	Sun 1st March 2009	£16,380
Violin	35.1 cm Ascoli, 1780 c. [Lit: The Cooper Collection]	Sat 1st March 2008	£34,100
Violin	35.0 cm Ascoli Piceno, 1770 c.	Mon 1st October 2007	£12,562
Violin	[Attributed to]	Thu 1st July 2004	£10,755
Violin	178-	Thu 1st December 1994	£10,321

Biographies

John Dilworth Cecie Stainer Willibald Leo Lütgendorff

John Dilworth

ODOARDI, Giuseppe Born 1746, d. after 1786 Poggio di Bretta, Ascoli Italy. Known as ‘Il Vilano d’Ascoli’ (the peasant of Ascoli). Traditionally said to be self-taught, although his label refers to his father Antonio. As with G. B. Guadagnini whose label also mentions his father’s name, this is probably intended purely as personal identification rather than an indication that either Guadagnini’s or Odoardi’s father actually made instruments. The weight of evidence is that they did not. Giuseppe did have a nephew Antonio, above, who is recorded as a luthier. Giuseppe made both a high-arched Stainer-derived model and a flat model of noticeably plainer workmanship and materials; the flatter arch provides a better sound for modern players and is much in demand. There is more than a passing resemblance to Montagnana in the modelling, with elegantly curving soundholes, but the scroll is a little crude and unfinished. Materials generally modest (some examples with backs of plane tree wood) and varnish of relatively thin consistency; golden-brown or orange in colour. Joseph Odoardi Asculi, 1779 Joseph Odoardi fecit in Piceno / prope Asculum, An 1786 / De ligno Plattuae Joseph Odoardi filius Antonii / Fecit prope Asculum 1781