Giovanni Paolo Maggini was a maker active in Brescia whose instruments bear labels reading 'Gio. Paolo Maggini in Brescia.' The catalog evidence documents both violins and cellos attributed to him, with violin examples measuring approximately 36.5–36.9 cm in back length [1][2] and cello examples reaching 75 cm [3]. The instruments are dated circa 1610, placing Maggini within the early seventeenth-century Brescian school. Beyond the geographic attribution and instrument types represented in these labeled examples, no additional biographical details—including birth or death dates—are established by the source material.
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