Matteo Sellas Explained

Matteo Sellas (sometimes also written Mateo Sellas or in original German Matthäus Seelos) was a German luthier born in 1580 in Füssen who worked in Venice from 1620–1650^[1] and is best known for building lutes, archlutes and baroque guitars.^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Guitar . 2019-03-02 . V and A Collections . en . 2019-03-02.
2. Journal of the Lute Society of America, Volume 38, Lute Society of America., 2009
3. Web site: Attributed to Matteo Sellas | Guitar | Italian .
4. Web site: Guitar attributed to Matteo Sellas, Venice, ca. 1640, at the National Music Museum. collections.nmmusd.org.
5. Web site: Guitar | Sellas, Matteo | V&A Search the Collections. March 3, 2019. V and A Collections.
6. Web site: Lot 209 – Five-course baroque guitar by Matteo Sellas, Venice « Guitar Auctions – Specialists in Fine, Rare, Antique, Vintage & Later Guitars | The UK's Premier Guitar Auction House. guitar-auctions.co.uk.
7. Web site: SInier de Ridder. www.sinier-de-ridder.com.
8. Web site: Attributed to Matteo Sellas / Guitar / ca. 1630-1650. www.davidrumsey.com.
9. The Guitar in Stuart England: A Social and Musical History By Christopher Page
10. Web site: Archlute | Sellas, Matteo | V&A Search the Collections. March 3, 2019. V and A Collections.