After arriving in Venice, he is noted for being the city's sole violin and cello maker for some 25 years, between 1685 and 1710.
Goffriller's cellos had been erroneously attributed in the past to the Guarneri family, Carlo Bergonzi or even Antonio Stradivari and were virtually unknown until the 1920s, when they began to be discovered.
The standard label for a Goffriller instrument, whether genuine or forged, uses the Latin inscription Mattheus Goffriller Fece in Venezia Anno [date], identifying maker, city (Venice) and year made; the date is either printed or handwritten.
Mattheus Goffriller feciebat Venetus, anno 1735 Mattio Gofrilleri in Venetia al' Insigna di Cremona.
Since 2000, winners of the International Pablo Casals Cello Competition in Kronberg, Germany may use it for two years.