Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, Paris, 1865, the 'Sheremetev'
Viola: 50813
Labeled, "Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume / 3 Rue Demours-Ternes" and numbered 2603.
Back: in two pieces of quarter cut maple with medium-width flame descending from the center seam, bearing the painted coat-of-arms of the Sheremetev family.
Top: in two pieces of spruce with broad-width grain broadening toward the edges.
Scroll: of plainer maple.
Ribs: of similar wood.
Varnish: of a golden orange-brown color.
Length of back: 41.2 cm
Upper bouts: 18.7 cm
Middle bouts: 13.1 cm
Lower bouts: 23.9 cm
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Provenance
| Harry Lange | |
| Alfred Wallenstein | |
| from 1865 | Count Dmitry Nikolaevich Sheremetoff |
| until 1929 | Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. |
| from 1929 | Francis C. Dale |
| in 1948 | Norman L. Goss |
| ... | ... |
| in c. 1973 | Sold by William Moennig & Son |
| from c. 1973 | Albert Kaplan |
| 1994-2023 | Pierre Lenert |
| in 2023 | Sold by Tarisio Private Sales |
| from 2023 | Current owner |
Known players
Pierre Lenert
References
Violins & Violinists, January, 1948, Harvey S. Whistler, William Lewis & Son, Chicago (illustrated)- Jean Baptiste Vuillaume et sa Famille, Sylvette Milliot, Les Amis de la Musique, Spa (illustrated)
- Private Archives - 10842