Warsaw School
Jan Dankwart
Warsaw, b. c.1610
after 1683 Warsaw Poland. Very similar work to Baltazar Dankwart (I) and (II). Supplied the Royal band. 1650 accounts say 900 florens paid for two violas and three violins. Bird’s eye maple a common feature. One violin of 1633 and a ¾ sized violin of 1683 in the Poznan Museum. Manuscript label: Ad M\u{2026} — John Dilworth
Biographies
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John Dilworth+
DANKWART, Jan Born circa. 1610, d. after 1683 Warsaw Poland. Very similar work to Baltazar Dankwart (I) and (II). Supplied the Royal band. 1650 accounts say 900 florens paid for two violas and three violins. Bird’s eye maple a common feature. One violin of 1633 and a ¾ sized violin of 1683 in the Poznan Museum. Manuscript label: Ad M.D.G. Jan Dankwart Anno Domini 1633 Varsaviae
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+
Ein im 17. Jahrhundert in Polen thätiger Geigenmacher. — Die polnischen
Geigen erfreuten sich damals einer gewissen Beliebtheit bei den Musikern.
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