From: http://www.amati.com/maker/sellasseelos-matteoi-/ (25/09/2018)
SELLAS (SEELOS), Matteo (I) Born circa. 1599 Füssen Germany, died 1654 Venice Italy. Younger son of Michael (Michele) Sellas and brother of Giorgio, above. Worked separately from his brother at the sign ‘alla Corona’. Chiefly a maker of ornate plucked instruments, many of which are preserved in museums worldwide. His workshop was the most important and influential in Venice at that time, and gave employment to many of the greatest violin makers of the following generation. Lebet reports that a Matteo Selos was working as an apprentice to Matteo Buchenberg in S. Lorenzo in Damaso, Rome 1613-1616. His son Domenico (Born 1624, died 1690) succeeded to the ‘alla Corona’ shop, while his younger so