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Mirecourt School

Jean Lupot

Mirecourt, 1652–1696

The first of the Lupot family known as a violin maker. Jean Lupot / à Mirecourt 1687 — John Dilworth

Worked Mirecourt

Biographies

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

John Dilworth+

LUPOT, Jean Born 1652, died 1696, Worked Mirecourt France. The first of the Lupot family known as a violin maker. Jean Lupot / à Mirecourt 1687

Cecie Stainer+

A maker at Mirecourt, b. about 1674; d. March 1, 1749. His violins are not particularly good. His son, Laurent, was also a maker.

Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+

Wahrscheinlich der Sohn eines schon 1647 vorkommenden Lupot. Er war
Geigen- und Lautenmacher, namentlich aber als Holzbildhauer berühmt und
schnitzte sehr schöne Köpfchen und Ornamente an den Wirbelkästen. Er war
mit Laure Henry verheirathet und wurde der Stammvater der nachmals so berühmt
gewordenen Geigenmacherfamilie.

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