Domenico Montagnana

Domenico Montagnana arrived in Venice in around 1701 at the age of 15, after apprenticing with Matteo Sellas, who later also employed Carlo Tononi and Pietro Guarneri. Montagnana later opened his own shop in 1712.

Some of his early works show the influence of Stainer, which is common in instruments of the period, but over time Montagnana adopted a broader model with flatter archings characteristically found in Italian instruments.