Carlo Ferdinando Landolfi (c. 1714 – 1787) was an Italian master luthier who was active in the 18th century during the golden age of stringed instrument making.
Instruments created centuries ago by Landolfi and his fellow Italian luthiers have not been improved upon despite modern technology and are still played by the finest violinists and violists in the great concert halls across the world.
As his instrument labels indicate, he worked "Contrada Santa Margherita, al Segno della Sirena," in the central metropolis of Italy's Lombardy region, at the center of the city's busy mercantile and artistic activities.
For his finest instruments, Landolfi chose the woods with exceptional care and used superb varnishes of a particularly striking hue.
And his careful workmanship included scroll carving of a particularly graceful manner, often smaller and broader than the work of other master luthiers.