Paris School
Jean Ouvrard
Paris, d. 1748
Pupil of Claude Pierray. Master of the violin makers guild 1742-1743. Established in the rue de l’Ecole c.1735. Employed G. Cousineau and an apprentice named François Feury. His widow married Salomon. Violins and cellos on a small Amatisé model. Workmanship slightly finer than that of Pierray. Golde\u{2026} — John Dilworth
Auction price history
Highest auction price
| Type | Details | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violin | 35.8 cm Paris, 1745 c. (numerous restorations) | December 2006 | £719 |
| Violin | 36.1 cm Paris, 1745 c. (heel broken and different restorations) | December 2006 | £1,438 |
| Violin | 1740 | December 1999 | £2,597 |
| Violin | 1740 c. | November 1991 | £1,760 |
| Violin | 1726 | March 1991 | £3,520 |
| Violin | 1720-50 | January 1982 | £264 |
| Violin | 1744 | June 1980 | £1,872 |
Biographies
The overview above is drawn from the following published accounts. Read them in the original:
John Dilworth+
OUVRARD, Jean Worked circa. 1720 died 1748 Paris France. Pupil of Claude Pierray. Master of the violin makers guild 1742-1743. Established in the rue de l’Ecole c.1735. Employed G. Cousineau and an apprentice named François Feury. His widow married Salomon. Violins and cellos on a small Amatisé model. Workmanship slightly finer than that of Pierray. Golden-yellow or red-brown varnish. Viols and quintons in museum collections in Brussels, New York. and Basle. Ouvrard. Luthier. Place de l’Ecole à Paris 1744 Fait par J. Ouvrard / à Paris 1726
George Hart+
Pupil of Claude Pierray.
Cecie Stainer+
A maker in Paris about 1725-46. Pupil of Claude Pierray. A violoncello is known, beautifully made, with very fine golden-coloured varnish; also a small six-stringed viol dated 1726, and a five-stringed viol labelled ” place de l’Ecole, a Paris, 1745.”
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+
Schüler von Claude Pierray; geschworener Zunftmeister für 1743. Im Conservatorium
zu Brüssel befindet sich ein Quinton, auf dessen Zettel er seine
Wohnung »Place de l’Ecole« angiebt. Mahillon liest den Namen unrichtig mit
Duvrard. Seine Geigen sehen denen seines Lehrers nicht unähnlich, doch ist er viel schwerfälliger in der Form. Sein Lack ist von goldgelber Farbe, aber trocken und spröde
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