Matteo Sellas (sometimes also written Mateo Sellas or in original German Matthäus Seelos) was a German

luthier A luthier ( ; AmE also ) is a craftsperson who builds or repairs string instruments that have a neck and a sound box. The word "luthier" is originally French and comes from the French word for lute. The term was originally used for makers of ...

born in 1580 in

Füssen Füssen is a town in Bavaria, Germany, in the district of Ostallgäu, situated one kilometre from the Austrian border. The town is known for violin manufacturing and as the closest transportation hub for the Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau c ...

who worked in

Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 bridges. The isla ...

from 1620–1650 and is best known for building lutes, archlutes and baroque guitars.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sellas, Matteo German luthiers 1580 births People from Füssen 1661 deaths Italian luthiers Businesspeople from Venice Emigrants from the Holy Roman Empire to the Republic of Venice