Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, Paris, c. 1825
Violin: 50266
Bearing a manuscript label, "J. B. Vuillaume No. 23 / Rue Croix Des petits Champs No. 30 / à Paris an 1821."
Back: One-piece
Top: of medium grain
Scroll: of wood similar to back
Ribs: of wood similar to back
Varnish: Red-orange
Length of back: 36.0 cm
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Notes:
Emil Herrman notes: "Zettel: copy of original in my collection. . ."The Jacques Francais Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Washington, DC
Provenance
until 1945 | Emil Herrmann, New York |
from 1945 | Alfred Wertheim |
in 1982 | Sold by Sotheby's |
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Emil Herrmann, New York, New York, NY (1945)
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References
Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, October 14, 1982, New York, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, New York (illustrated)
- The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Box 46
The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Box 47 (illustrated)
- Violins & Violinists, February-March, 1948, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago