Giulio Cesare Gigli

1724/25–1794

Giulio Cesare Gigli is one of the outstanding violinmakers of the Roman school. He learned the craft from his uncle, Michele Platner (born in 1684), from whom he inherited the workshop and all its tools and instruments after Platner’s death in 1752. Information about Gigli’s life is scant, and instruments by this violinmaker are rare, in part because false labels may have been affixed to many of Gigli’s instruments after his death.

Instruments

Violoncello, Roman school, back plate by Giulio Cesare Gigli, 2nd half of the 18th century

Details: Violoncello, Roman school, back plate by Giulio Cesare Gigli, 2nd half of the 18th century