{"id":19438,"date":"2022-11-07T16:48:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T15:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/?p=19438"},"modified":"2024-11-29T12:04:48","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T11:04:48","slug":"violons-stefano-scarampella","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/en\/2022\/11\/07\/violons-stefano-scarampella\/","title":{"rendered":"Deux instruments de Stefano Scarampella en vente le 1er d\u00e9cembre 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Les instruments de Stefano Scarampella sont consid\u00e9r\u00e9s comme les meilleurs et les plus cot\u00e9s de la lutherie italienne des XIX\u00e8me<\/sup> et XX\u00e8me<\/sup> si\u00e8cles. Luthier sur le tard, cela n\u2019a pas emp\u00each\u00e9 Stefano Scarampella de produire des instruments r\u00e9put\u00e9s pour leurs excellentes qualit\u00e9s sonores et jou\u00e9s encore aujourd\u2019hui par de grands musiciens, \u00e0 l\u2019exemple de Tom Chiu, Jasper Wood ou encore Yevgeny Kutik. Le 1er d\u00e9cembre 2022, deux int\u00e9ressants instruments du luthier seront pr\u00e9sent\u00e9s aux ench\u00e8res. Tout d\u2019abord, un rarissime petit violon fait \u00e0 Mantoue en 1897, venant s\u2019ajouter \u00e0 une mince liste de trois autres mod\u00e8les connus, pass\u00e9s aux ench\u00e8res sur les cinquante derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es. Le deuxi\u00e8me instrument est un beau violon de la maturit\u00e9, r\u00e9alis\u00e9 \u00e0 Mantoue en 1905, accompagn\u00e9 d\u2019un certificat d\u2019Etienne Vatelot du 15 novembre 1977.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Stefano Scarampella est n\u00e9 \u00e0 Brescia, dans le quartier Sant\u2019Alessandro, le 17 mars 1843[1]<\/sup><\/a>. Il est issu d\u2019une famille de luthiers puisque son p\u00e8re, Paolo, pratiquait cette activit\u00e9 en tant qu\u2019amateur tandis que son fr\u00e8re cadet, Giuseppe Scarampella, \u00e9tait luthier professionnel et conservateur du mus\u00e9e du Conservatoire de Florence. Ce dernier avait d\u2019ailleurs \u00e9t\u00e9 en partie form\u00e9 en France, dans l\u2019atelier de Nicol\u00f2 Bianchi, suite aux recommandations du musicien Antonio Bazzini.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Avant de se consacrer pleinement \u00e0 la lutherie, Stefano Scarampella travaillait comme \u201ccarpentiere\u201d (menuisier) et participa notamment \u00e0 la construction de la ligne de tramway Ostiglia-Mantoue-Brescia, qui l\u2019obligea \u00e0 d\u00e9m\u00e9nager \u00e0 Mantoue. Veuf avec deux enfants \u00e0 charge – dont un fils devenu violoncelliste – il dut attendre 1890 et l\u2019\u00e2ge de 47 ans pour se lancer officiellement dans la lutherie, rejoignant l\u2019atelier de son fr\u00e8re qu\u2019il consid\u00e9rera toute sa vie comme son professeur. D\u00e8s le d\u00e9but de sa carri\u00e8re, son travail fut r\u00e9compens\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019occasion d\u2019une exposition donn\u00e9e \u00e0 Brescia en 1890, au cours de laquelle il remporta une m\u00e9daille d\u2019argent[2]<\/sup><\/a>. Passionn\u00e9 et humble, il passa de longues ann\u00e9es \u00e0 exp\u00e9rimenter et mener des recherches sur les instruments et leur facture, faisant revivre des traditions qui avaient disparu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sans recherche d\u2019ostentation, les instruments de Stefano Scarampella \u00e9taient r\u00e9alis\u00e9s \u00e0 partir de mat\u00e9riaux locaux, plus ou moins pr\u00e9cieux. A force de pers\u00e9v\u00e9rance et port\u00e9 par un talent naturel, il devint bient\u00f4t un habile luthier au savoir-faire reconnu des musiciens. R\u00e9alis\u00e9 en 1897, il est difficile de croire que le petit violon \u00be de la vente Vichy Ench\u00e8res du 1er d\u00e9cembre 2022 est l’\u0153uvre d\u2019un luthier actif depuis moins de sept ans\u2026 De belle facture, ce mod\u00e8le a \u00e9galement l\u2019int\u00e9r\u00eat d\u2019\u00eatre peu commun. En effet, sur les cinquante derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es, seuls trois autres petits violons de sa main ont \u00e9t\u00e9 vendus aux ench\u00e8res.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[1]<\/sup><\/a>  Eric Blot, Un secolo di liuteria italiana 1860-1960, a century of Italian violin making, vol II Lombardia e Veneto, 1997<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/sup><\/a> Eric Blot, Un secolo di liuteria italiana 1860-1960, a century of Italian violin making, vol II Lombardia e Veneto, 1997<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 6 juin 2013
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Violon 3\/4 de Stefano SCARAMPELLA
Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 1er d\u00e9cembre 2022
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Violon de Stefano SCARAMPELLA
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A la disparition de Giuseppe en 1902, Stefano Scarampella h\u00e9rita de tout son mat\u00e9riel et de ses recettes – des vernis jusqu\u2019aux mod\u00e8les -, ce qui donna une nouvelle impulsion \u00e0 sa carri\u00e8re. Cet \u00e9v\u00e9nement explique sans doute aussi que Stefano se soit senti redevable de son fr\u00e8re et qu\u2019il se pr\u00e9senta sur un grand nombre de ses \u00e9tiquettes comme \u201cFratello ed allievo del Giuseppe\u201d. Il est vrai que suite au d\u00e9c\u00e8s de Giuseppe, la production de Stefano prit une ampleur in\u00e9dite.
Entre 1903 et 1915, son style s\u2019affirma et atteignit en effet sa pleine maturit\u00e9 artistique. Stefano Scarampella d\u00e9veloppa ses propres mod\u00e8les, tout en rendant hommage \u00e0 l\u2019art oubli\u00e9 des anciens luthiers de Mantoue, \u00e0 une \u00e9poque o\u00f9 la lutherie italienne \u00e9tait en proie \u00e0 la concurrence des ateliers fran\u00e7ais et allemands semi-industrialis\u00e9s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On peut \u00e9galement noter que les instruments de Stefano Scarampella pr\u00e9sentent un vernis de belle qualit\u00e9, allant du brun orang\u00e9 au rouge vif, appliqu\u00e9 en couches fines. La vo\u00fbte de leur table est g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement assez bomb\u00e9e jusqu\u2019aux filets et les ou\u00efes suivent principalement le mod\u00e8le de Guarneri. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cHis instruments bear witness to his brilliance and a spontaneous expressivity that had its equal only in Guarneri del Gesu (in another epoch). His instruments were soon in high demand for precisely these qualities (even before his death).\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Stefano s\u2019inspira notamment de Dall’Aglio, Balestrieri et du mod\u00e8le de Guarneri utilis\u00e9 par son fr\u00e8re, tout en mettant au point des techniques et caract\u00e9ristiques stylistiques singularisant sa production. D\u2019une grande expressivit\u00e9, ses instruments sont notamment identifiables \u00e0 leur t\u00eate \u00e0 la d\u00e9coupe tr\u00e8s personnelle, de forme ronde, \u00e0 coquillon plut\u00f4t large et volute sym\u00e9trique, leur donnant beaucoup de caract\u00e8re, \u00e0 l\u2019image du violon de 1905 de la vente du 1er d\u00e9cembre 2022. Ce style vigoureux et plut\u00f4t masculin n\u2019est pas sans \u00e9voquer les anciens luthiers de Mantoue, tels que Tommaso Balestrieri.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Les instruments de Stefano Scarampella furent rapidement recherch\u00e9s par les musiciens, convaincus par leurs qualit\u00e9s sonores exceptionnelles. Encore aujourd\u2019hui, ses instruments sont pris\u00e9s pour leur son irr\u00e9prochable, leur musicalit\u00e9, justesse, ainsi que pour leur riche amplitude sonore. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Certains sp\u00e9cialistes n\u2019h\u00e9sitent d\u2019ailleurs pas \u00e0 les comparer, sur le plan de la qualit\u00e9 sonore, aux instruments de Giovanni Battista Guadagnini.  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Malgr\u00e9 sa simplicit\u00e9 et son humilit\u00e9, Stefano Scarampella devint ainsi tr\u00e8s reconnu et adul\u00e9 de ses contemporains. Outre l\u2019estime des musiciens, il re\u00e7ut \u00e9galement celle des personnalit\u00e9s politiques de son temps, \u00e0 l\u2019instar du d\u00e9put\u00e9 Giuseppe Roberti, qui lui passa commande de plusieurs instruments portant ses armoiries[1]<\/sup><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[1]<\/sup><\/a> Eric Blot, Un secolo di liuteria italiana 1860-1960, a century of Italian violin making, vol II Lombardia e Veneto, 1997<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ce succ\u00e8s explique aussi qu\u2019un grand nombre de luthiers apr\u00e8s lui se r\u00e9clam\u00e8rent de ses \u00e9l\u00e8ves, alors que seul Gaetano Gadda eut l\u2019honneur de l\u2019avoir \u00e9t\u00e9 de 1919 \u00e0 la mort du ma\u00eetre en 1925.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

La production de Stefano Scarampella donna naissance \u00e0 toute une \u00e9cole de lutherie dans la r\u00e9gion de Mantoue, compos\u00e9e de luthiers tels que Sgarabotto, Politi, Pedrazzini, Simonazzi, Carpi ou encore Solferini, qui imit\u00e8rent son style, sans toutefois l\u2019\u00e9galer. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Violon \u00e9tiquet\u00e9 Petrus Sgarabotto
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Alto vers 1925-30, atelier de PEDRAZZINI en mod\u00e8le Giovanni Baptista Cerutti
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Stefano Scarampella redonna vie \u00e0 l\u2019art de la lutherie de la r\u00e9gion de Brescia et Mantoue, dont le savoir-faire \u00e9tait en voie de disparition. Ses instruments au style vigoureux et expressif furent imm\u00e9diatement pris\u00e9s par les musiciens, s\u00e9duits par leurs qualit\u00e9s sonores exceptionnelles et continuent, encore aujourd\u2019hui, d\u2019\u00eatre tr\u00e8s recherch\u00e9s \u00e0 travers le monde par les virtuoses et collectionneurs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Le 1er<\/sup> d\u00e9cembre 2022, deux instruments in\u00e9dits du luthier seront propos\u00e9s \u00e0 Vichy Ench\u00e8res. Un rarissime violon \u00be comptant parmi une liste de seulement quatre mod\u00e8les connus, et un superbe violon de la maturit\u00e9 r\u00e9alis\u00e9 en 1905. Rendez-vous lors de nos journ\u00e9es d\u2019exposition \u00e0 partir du 27 novembre, et pour leur vente le 1er d\u00e9cembre 2022 !<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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TWO STEFANO SCARAMPELLA INSTRUMENTS FOR SALE ON 1 DECEMBER 2022<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Stefano Scarampella instruments are considered to be the best and most desirable instruments of 19th<\/sup> and 20th<\/sup> century Italian violin making. Stefana came to violin making late in life, but this did not prevent him from making instruments renowned for their excellent sound qualities and still played today by great musicians, including Tom Chiu, Jasper Wood and Yevgeny Kutik. On 1 December 2022, two interesting instruments by this maker will be offered at auction. Firstly, an extremely rare small violin made in Mantua in 1897, which is only one of four small size examples to have sold at auction over the last 50 years. The second instrument is a beautiful violin from his mature period, made in Mantua in 1905, and accompanied by a certificate from Etienne Vatelot dated 15 November 1977<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stefano Scarampella was born in Brescia, in the Sant’Alessandro district, on 17 March 1843[1]<\/sup><\/a>. He was born into a family of violin makers since his father, Paolo, practiced this activity as an amateur while his younger brother, Giuseppe, was a professional maker and curator of the Florence Conservatory Museum. The latter was also partly trained in France, in the workshop of Nicol\u00f2 Bianchi, following the recommendations of the musician Antonio Bazzini.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before dedicating himself fully to violin making, Stefano Scarampella worked as a \u201ccarpentiere\u201d (carpenter) and participated in particular in the construction of the Ostiglia-Mantova-Brescia tram line, which forced him to move to Mantua. A widower with two dependent children \u2013 including a son who had become a cellist \u2013 he had to wait until 1890 and the age of 47 to officially embark on violin making, joining his brother’s workshop, whom he would consider his teacher all his life. Early on in his career, his work was rewarded at an exhibition in Brescia in 1890, during which he won a silver medal[2]<\/sup><\/a>. He was passionate and humble, and spent many years experimenting and researching instruments and their craftsmanship, reviving traditions that had all but disappeared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stefano Scarampella\u2019s instruments were made without fuss, using local materials, more or less precious. Through perseverance and thanks to his natural talent, he soon became a skilled maker whose craftsmanship was recognized amongst musicians. The small \u00be violin at the Vichy Ench\u00e8res sale on 1 December 2022 was made in 1897; it is hard to believe that is the work of a maker who has been active for less than seven years… It is well crafted, and has the added interest of being quite rare in the maker\u2019s output. Indeed, over the last 50 years, only three other small violins by this maker have been sold at auction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[1]<\/sup><\/a>  Eric Blot, Un secolo di liuteria italiana 1860-1960, a century of Italian violin making, vol II Lombardia e Veneto, 1997<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/sup><\/a> Eric Blot, Un secolo di liuteria italiana 1860-1960, a century of Italian violin making, vol II Lombardia e Veneto, 1997<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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When Giuseppe passed away in 1902, Stefano Scarampella inherited all his tools, varnish recipes and patterns, and this gave his career a new impetus. This probably also explains why Stefano felt indebted to his brother and presented himself on many of his labels as \u201cFratello ed allievo del Giuseppe\u201d. Following the death of Giuseppe, Stefano’s output rose quite dramatically.
Between 1903 and 1915, his style became more asserted and he indeed reached full artistic maturity. Stefano Scarampella developed his own models, while paying homage to the forgotten art of the ancient makers of Mantua, at a time when Italian violin making was facing competition from semi-industrialized French and German workshops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We should also point out that Stefano Scarampella instruments have a fine quality varnish, ranging from orange-brown to bright red, applied in thin layers. The arch of the front is usually quite full, while the purfling and soundholes mostly follow the Guarneri pattern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cHis instruments bear witness to his brilliance and a spontaneous expressivity that had its equal only in Guarneri del Gesu (in another epoch). His instruments were soon in high demand for precisely these qualities (even before his death).\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Stefano was inspired in particular by Dall’Aglio, Balestrieri and the Guarneri model used by his brother, while developing techniques and stylistic features that made his production unique. His instruments are very expressive and particularly identifiable by their head with a very personal outline, a round shape, and a rather large volute with a symmetrical scroll, giving them a lot of character, like in the case of the 1905 violin in the sale of 1 December 2022. This vigorous and rather masculine style is reminiscent of the ancient makers of Mantua, such as Tommaso Balestrieri.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Stefano Scarampella instruments were quickly sought after by musicians, won over by their exceptional sound qualities. Even today, his instruments are prized for their impeccable sound, their musicality, accuracy, as well as for their rich and powerful tone. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Some experts have compared them, in terms of sound quality, to the instruments of Giovanni Battista Guadagnini.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Violoncelle de Jean-Baptiste GUADAGNINI\nInstrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 7 juin 2018\n\u00a9 C. Darbelet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Despite his simplicity and humility, Stefano Scarampella therefore became widely recognized and esteemed by his contemporaries, not only musicians, but also political figures of his time, like the deputy Giuseppe Roberti, who placed an order with him for several instruments bearing his coat of arms[1]<\/sup><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[1]<\/sup><\/a> Eric Blot, Un secolo di liuteria italiana 1860-1960, a century of Italian violin making, vol II Lombardia e Veneto, 1997<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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This success also explains why several makers after him claimed to be his pupil. Gaetano Gadda was the only one who actually had this privilege, and so between 1919 and the death of the master in 1925.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stefano Scarampella\u2019s output gave rise to a whole school of violin making in the region of Mantua, whose disciples include Sgarabotto, Politi, Pedrazzini, Simonazzi, Carpi and Solferini, and who imitated his style, without never quite equalling it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Violon d’Enrico POLITI
Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 5 d\u00e9cembre 2013
\u00a9 JH Bayle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Violon \u00e9tiquet\u00e9 Petrus Sgarabotto
Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 1er d\u00e9cembre 2022
\u00a9 C. Darbelet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Alto vers 1925-30, atelier de PEDRAZZINI en mod\u00e8le Giovanni Baptista Cerutti
Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 1er d\u00e9cembre 2022
\u00a9 C. Darbelet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Alto \u00e9tiquet\u00e9 Simonazzi
Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 6 juin 2018
\u00a9 C. Darbelet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Stefano Scarampella revived the art of violin making in the region of Brescia and Mantua, whose craftsmanship and traditions were in danger of disappearing. His instruments, with their vigorous and expressive style, were immediately appreciated by musicians, seduced by their exceptional sound qualities, and they continue, to this day, to be highly sought after throughout the world by virtuosos and collectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On 1 December 2022, two new instruments by this maker will be offered at auction at Vichy Ench\u00e8res. An extremely rare \u00be violin from a list of only four known examples, and a superb mature period violin made in 1905. We hope to see you during our viewing days from 27 November and for their sale on 1 December 2022!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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