Franz Xaver Schweigl
1804–1834
Pupil of Martin Stoss. Fine work on Stradivari model. Very accurately modelled. Red- or yellow-brown varnish of thin consistency. Cellos especially good. Authenticated work is quite rare due to his short working life. Franciscus Xav: Schweigl / fecit Viennae Anno 1820 — John Dilworth
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John Dilworth+
SCHWEIGL, Franz Xaver Born 1804, died 1834 Vienna Austria. Pupil of Martin Stoss. Fine work on Stradivari model. Very accurately modelled. Red- or yellow-brown varnish of thin consistency. Cellos especially good. Authenticated work is quite rare due to his short working life. Franciscus Xav: Schweigl / fecit Viennae Anno 1820
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+
Er wohnte als Lauten- und Geigenmacher in der Vorstadt St. Ulrich No. 70 und legte am 4. August 1831 den Bürgereid ab. In seiner Arbeit ist er ziemlich handwerksmässig.
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