Nancy School
Antoine (I) Medard
Nancy, worked 1620
Son of Claude Médard (II), below. He was a witness to the marriage of the painter N. Chuppin in 1620. Work unknown. — John Dilworth
Biographies
The overview above is drawn from the following published accounts. Read them in the original:
John Dilworth+
Antoine (I) Worked circa. 1620. Son of Claude Médard (II), below. He was a witness to the marriage of the painter N. Chuppin in 1620. Work unknown.
Cecie Stainer+
b. 1621 (baptised Oct. 28, 1621), son of Henri Medard and his wife, Anne. A maker at Nancy. A little pocket violin is known, very carefully made, with the carved head of a woman instead of a scroll, and red-brown varnish of fine quality. Inside is the label: “Antoine Medard a Nancy, 1666.”
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+
Sohn des Geigenmachers (faiseur de violons) Henry Médard. Es kommt
noch ein zweiter Antoine M. im Jahre 1620 vor, dessen Beruf jedoch unbekannt
ist. In der Samary’schen Sammlung (15. März 1887 versteigert) befand sich
eine Pochette (No. 44) von 1666 von ihm, deren treffliche Ausführung in Ebenholz und Elfenbein sehr gerühmt wurde.
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