Prague School
Wenzel Kovansky
Prague, worked 1749
Decorated violin bought for 300 ducats by the Empress Maria Theresa in 1749, preserved in the Vienna Kunsthistorisches Museum. Signed on small escutcheon on the table: ‘Kovansky’ — John Dilworth
Biographies
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John Dilworth+
KOVANSKY, Wenzel Worked circa. 1749 Prague Czech Republic. Decorated violin bought for 300 ducats by the Empress Maria Theresa in 1749, preserved in the Vienna Kunsthistorisches Museum. Signed on small escutcheon on the table: ‘Kovansky’
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+
Von ihm befand sich in der k. k. Schatzkammer in Wien eine Violine, deren
Wirbelkasten ein Elfenbeinköpfchen mit schwarzer Perücke und Haarbeutel
zeigt. Der Bögen ist von Elfenbein und Schildpatt. Die Geige wurde von
Maria Theresia angeblich um 300 Ducaten gekauft.
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