Julián Llorente was born in Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid in 1827. He first appears in the records as a guitar maker in 1851 with a shop on the calle de Jocometrezo, No 70. In 1861, he moved his shop to calle del Bastero, No. 9 where he remained for many years. By 1890, however, he had moved to calle Mediodia Grande, No. 19. His guitars show that he was a skilled enough luthier that the famous guitarist Miguel Llobet (1878-1938) owned a Julián Llorente made in 1880 which he left to Daniel Fortea (1878-1953). He probably died in 1898. This guitar was part of the collection the Madrid luthier Marcelino Lopez Nieto (1931-2018), who had studied with Daniel Fortea. Few of Llorente's guitars survive (at least under his label), as many his guitars were used to fake Vicente Arias guitars, their work being very similar. Although Marcelino had begun restoring this guitar, the work was completed by the Granada luthier Aaron Garcia Ruiz, who is also a musicologist and expert in restoration, and thoroughly familiar with all its conventions.