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Johann Nikolaus Artmann

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John Dilworth

ARTMANN, Johann Nikolaus Born 1774, d.c.1846 Wechmar Germany. Son of Georg Valentin Artmann, above. Trained with F. A. Ernst in Gotha. Returned to Wechmar 1799. According to Henley, he worked successfully despite having rather malformed hands. Workmanship strongly influenced by Ernst, on Amati-Stradivari model, with thin golden-yellow varnish. J. N. Artmann in Wechmar / prope Gothan. 1835

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