Nicolas Lupot, Paris, 1816
Violin: 47848
Labeled, "Nicolas Lupot, Luthier, rue Croix / des petits-Champs, à Paris, l'an 1816"; dated "1815" on the inside of the back under Lupot's brand.
Back: One-piece with painted decoration
Length of back: 35.8 cm
Upper bouts: 16.8 cm
Middle bouts: 10.9 cm
Lower bouts: 20.8 cm
Notes:
This violin... was commissioned by the Paris Conservatoire as the annual ‘Premier Prix’ instrument... It was presented in 1818 according to the inscription on the ribs, but another inscription within the instrument shows it was commenced in 1815, the year of Louis XVIII’s coronation, and completed and labelled in 1816.Musical Instruments in the Ashmolean Museum: The Complete Collection, John Milnes, editor, Musical Instruments in the Ashmolean Museum: The Complete Collection, Oxford
Provenance
| from 1818 | Joseph Clavel |
| in 1924 | Sold by Hamma & Co. |
| in 1925 | Sold by Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. |
| c. 1928-1932 | Francis (Frank) Llewellyn Bartlett |
| ... | ... |
| in 1986 and until 1999 | Albert W. Cooper |
| ... | ... |
| from 1999 | Ashmolean Museum, Hill Collection, University of Oxford |
References
Alte Geigen (Hamma, circa 1910), Hamma & Co., Stuttgart (illustrated)- An Encyclopedia of the Violin (1925), Alberto Bachman, The Library Press Limited, London (illustrated)
- Musical Instruments in the Ashmolean Museum: The Complete Collection, John Milnes, editor, Oxford Musical Instrument Publishing, Oxford (illustrated)
- Wurlitzer Collection of Rare Violins, Violas & Bows, Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., New York (illustrated)
- The Strad, January, 1986, Albert W. Cooper, London (illustrated)
- Stringed Instruments: Viols, Violins, Citterns, and Guitars in the Ashmolean Museum, Harvey S. Whistler, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (illustrated)
- The Cooper Collection - Volume II, Albert W. Cooper, Ashford Publications, West Sussex (illustrated)