Mirecourt School
Jean Baptiste Grand-Gerrard
Mirecourt, worked 1775–1820
Branded as from Paris, but worked in the Mirecourt style. Large flat model with yellow varnish. Branded: ‘Grandgérard’ or ‘Grand Gérard à Paris’ — John Dilworth
Auction price history
Highest auction price
| Type | Details | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violin | Original broken neck, fingerboard missing, minor table crack | June 2024 | £1,277 |
| Viola | 38.8 cm Mirecourt, 1780 c. (head replaced) | December 2009 | £979 |
| Violin | Mirecourt, 1770 c. (scroll replaced) | November 2005 | £361 |
| Violin | 1810 c. | May 2004 | £239 |
| Violin | 1775 | December 2003 | £701 |
| Violin | 1770 | June 2002 | £942 |
| Violin | 1810 c. | March 2002 | £352 |
| Violin | 1760 | November 2001 | £1,436 |
| Violin | 1800 c. | October 1990 | £308 |
| Violin | 1810 c. | March 1990 | £3,520 |
| Violin | 1800 c. | November 1987 | £286 |
| Violin | 1820 c. | November 1987 | £242 |
| Violin | 17-- | April 1987 | £418 |
| Violin | 1750-99 | June 1980 | £421 |
Biographies
The overview above is drawn from the following published accounts. Read them in the original:
John Dilworth+
GRAND-GÉRARD, Jean Baptiste Worked circa. 1775-1820 Mirecourt France. Branded as from Paris, but worked in the Mirecourt style. Large flat model with yellow varnish. Branded: ‘Grandgérard’ or ‘Grand Gérard à Paris’
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+
Seine Arbeit ist etwa mit der D. Hopf’s gleichwerthig. Das Holz ist mittelmässig
und sein glanzloser Lack von gelber oder brauner Farbe. Er bezeichnete
seine Geigen nur durch Aufdrucken eines Brandstempels mit seinem Namen ohne Datum. Auf der Wiener Musikausstellung befand sich eine Geige von ihm mit der Abbildung
einer Kirche auf der Aussenseite des Bodens. Im Katalog (S. 16) wird die Geige für engl. Arbeit (!) ausgegeben.
Cecie Stainer+
A maker in the Vosges about 1790-1810. Also worked in Paris. Made a great many instruments; the work is inferior, the varnish a dull brown colour. He branded his instruments with his name.
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Working in Mirecourt at the same time
(Persoit) Jean Pierre Marie Persois worked 1809–1854
A. B. Mercier worked 1775
Aine Poirot worked 1785–1820
Alexandre Paverot worked 1820
Alexis (I) Boyer worked 1773–1789
Alexis (II) Boyer worked 1783
Alexis Antoine Pajeot worked 1800
Alexis Gand b. 1797