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Jean Baptiste Vuillaume (b Mirecourt, 1798; d Paris, 1875) A violin Paris, 1870
Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 GBP
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Description
- Jean Baptiste Vuillaume
- A violin
- labelled Jean Baptiste Vuillaume à Paris, 3, rue Demours-Ternes, JBV and inscribed faintly on the label 1870. Signed, dated and branded in the upper bouts of the back, and numbered internally 2809
- maple and spruce
- Paris
with original carved tailpiece by J.B. Vuillaume, depicting Saint Paul, and original carved pegs
Provenance
Monsieur A. Goguel, 1870
Monsieur Edgardo Acosta, Paris, 1949
W. Dean Lucien(?), Sherman Oaks, California
John Malchan, Montclair, California, 1961
C.M. Sin, 1990 - present
Monsieur Edgardo Acosta, Paris, 1949
W. Dean Lucien(?), Sherman Oaks, California
John Malchan, Montclair, California, 1961
C.M. Sin, 1990 - present
Literature
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Violons, Vuillaume, catalogue of the 1998/9 exhibition at Cité de la Musique, Paris, pp. 236-7. The catalogue notes that Vuillaume produced around a dozen instruments bearing the names of saints, but only nine are known to us.
The first instruments which Vuillaume named after saints date from 1863, when he made the quartet of 'Evangelists' - Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, and the violin known as 'St. Joseph'. In 1864 he made 'St. Peter', which is in the Russian State Collection, and the first 'St. Paul'. Then in 1870 the second 'St. Paul' was made, as a specific commission. The last known named instrument is the 'St. Nicholas' of 1872.
Greiner & Thöne, Jean Baptiste Vuillaume, 1998, plate 25
Violons, Vuillaume, catalogue of the 1998/9 exhibition at Cité de la Musique, Paris, pp. 236-7. The catalogue notes that Vuillaume produced around a dozen instruments bearing the names of saints, but only nine are known to us.
The first instruments which Vuillaume named after saints date from 1863, when he made the quartet of 'Evangelists' - Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, and the violin known as 'St. Joseph'. In 1864 he made 'St. Peter', which is in the Russian State Collection, and the first 'St. Paul'. Then in 1870 the second 'St. Paul' was made, as a specific commission. The last known named instrument is the 'St. Nicholas' of 1872.
Greiner & Thöne, Jean Baptiste Vuillaume, 1998, plate 25
A copy of both these books is sold with this lot
Catalogue Note
DOCUMENTS
The original receipt from J.B. Vuillaume, dated 10th July 1870, and made out to Monsieur A. Goguel. Vuillaume states that he has given the violin the name Saint Paul because it is an exact reproduction of 'Le Messie'.
(please see illustration on p. 4)
The certificate of Silvestre & Maucotel, Paris, dated 9th February 1949, and describing the instrument as 'd'une conservation parfaite' and 'un des plus beaux spécimens que nous ayons connu'.
The certificate of H. & C. Tournier, Paris, dated 11th February 1949, describing the violin as 'exemplaire rare, de toute beauté, et absolument intact'.
The certificate of Louis Feiler, Los Angeles, dated 2nd April 1961, describing the instrument as in mint condition.
An English translation of the original Vuillaume receipt.
The original receipt from J.B. Vuillaume, dated 10th July 1870, and made out to Monsieur A. Goguel. Vuillaume states that he has given the violin the name Saint Paul because it is an exact reproduction of 'Le Messie'.
(please see illustration on p. 4)
The certificate of Silvestre & Maucotel, Paris, dated 9th February 1949, and describing the instrument as 'd'une conservation parfaite' and 'un des plus beaux spécimens que nous ayons connu'.
The certificate of H. & C. Tournier, Paris, dated 11th February 1949, describing the violin as 'exemplaire rare, de toute beauté, et absolument intact'.
The certificate of Louis Feiler, Los Angeles, dated 2nd April 1961, describing the instrument as in mint condition.
An English translation of the original Vuillaume receipt.