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)