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Italy School

Jacob Horil

Rome, Vienna

Worked Rome, Vienna
Made Cello, Viola, Violin

Auction price history

Highest auction price

£18,700

6 results

Type Details Auction house Sold Price
Violin35.6 cm Vienne (split on back, restored soundpost and bar crack)December 2010£16,570
Violin1750 c.November 1991£7,150
Violin1740 c.June 1991£18,700
Violin1740 c.November 1987£4,620
Cello1750September 1987£5,280
Viola41.3 cm 1760April 1984£2,601

Biographies

The overview above is drawn from the following published accounts. Read them in the original:

Cecie Stainer+

A maker in Rome about 1720-50.

Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+

Seine Geigen sehen wenig italienisch
aus, so dass es nahe liegt, ihn für einen Eingewanderten — vielleicht Böhmen — zu halten, wozu auch der Name Veranlassung bietet. Die Arbeit ist gut, der Lack gelb.

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