Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, Paris, 1855
Violin: 50553
Labeled, "Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume à Paris / Rue Croix des Petits Champs" and numbered 2085 on the inside back and by the neck block and numbered 58 within a monogram.
Back: One-piece
Top: of medium grain
Varnish: Orange-red
Length of back: 35.7 cm
Notes:
Lot N1 listed in the Nachtrag: ". . .Guarneri-Kopie. . ." Dated 1854.Bongartz's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, November 14, 1994, Köln, Bongartz's, Bongartz's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, November 14, 1994, Cologne, Cologne
"This violin is a copy of II Cannone (The Canon)."
Christie's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, March 22, 1995, London, Christie's, Christie's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, March 22, 1995, London, London
Provenance
in 1994 | Sold by Bongartz's |
References
- Bongartz's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, November 14, 1994, Cologne, Bongartz's, Bongartz's, Cologne
Christie's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, March 22, 1995, London, Christie's, Christie's, London (illustrated)
Emerging National Styles and Cremonese Copies, John Huber, Messiah Enterprise Corporation (illustrated)