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Budapest School

Johannes Nagy

Budapest, worked 1797–1807

Stradivari-, Amati-, and Brescian-derived models. Fine workmanship and varnish, similar to the work of Leeb. — John Dilworth

Worked Budapest

Biographies

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John Dilworth+

NAGY, Johannes Worked circa. 1797-1807 Budapest Hungary. Stradivari-, Amati-, and Brescian-derived models. Fine workmanship and varnish, similar to the work of Leeb.

Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+

Einer der ältesten ungarischen Geigenmacher; er wohnte in Pesth und war
selbst ein Magyare, wahrend die meisten Geigenmacher in Ungarn wahrend des
18. Jahrhunderts bekanntlich Deutsche oder Eingewanderte gewesen sind. Er
ahmte das Maggini-Modell in freier Weise nach.

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