Brussels School
Pierre Boom
Brussels, worked 1758–1779
Chiefly a maker of lutes and viols, but one violin in the Brussels Musical Instruments Museum is dated 1779, and Vannes cites two violas. Well-proportioned work with good varnish of the period. P. Boom me fecit / Bruxelles, 1772 — John Dilworth
Auction price history
Highest auction price
| Type | Details | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violin | [Attributed to] | October 2004 | £1,590 |
Biographies
The overview above is drawn from the following published accounts. Read them in the original:
John Dilworth+
BOOM, Pierre Worked circa. 1758-1779 Brussels Belgium. Chiefly a maker of lutes and viols, but one violin in the Brussels Musical Instruments Museum is dated 1779, and Vannes cites two violas. Well-proportioned work with good varnish of the period. P. Boom me fecit / Bruxelles, 1772
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+
Ein Genosse von Gilles Michiels bei der Hofcapelle, »Bourgeois et habitant
de Bruxelles«, wie er sich selbst nennt; er war ein geschickter Lautenmacher,
von dem es auch einige gute Violen giebt. Ch. Bosselet (in Belgien) besitzt ein
Alto aus dem Jahre 1778 von ihm.
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F. J. Delannoy worked 1750
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