Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, Paris, 1862
Violin: 50807
Numbered 2423 and bearing the branded imprint "VUILLAUME" in very tiny letters in the interior, both on the top and back plates, midway between the upper bouts.
Back: Two-piece
Notes:
". . .copy of the Stradivari violin of 1715, known as the "Alard". . ."Jean Baptiste Vuillaume: His Life and Work, Journal of the Violin Society of America, Vol. V, No. 4, Flushing, NY
Provenance
from 1965 and in 1979 | Current owner |
References
Journal of the Violin Society of America, Vol. V, No. 4, The Queens College Press, Flushing, NY (illustrated)
The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Box 48 (illustrated)