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Jean Baptiste Felix Henry

Paris, 1793–1858

Son of Jean Baptiste Henry, above. Worked in Marseilles and Bordeaux, returning to Paris 1844. Prolific maker, but none of his work is labelled. Some inscribed internally: ‘J. B. Henry, Marseille’ — John Dilworth

Worked Paris
Made Violin
Family Son of Jean Baptiste Henry

Auction price history

Highest auction price

£2,860
Type Details Sold Price
Violin 1844 June 1983 £2,860

Biographies

The overview above is drawn from the following published accounts. Read them in the original:

John Dilworth+

HENRY, Jean Baptiste Félix Born 1793, died 1858 Paris France. Son of Jean Baptiste Henry, above. Worked in Marseilles and Bordeaux, returning to Paris 1844. Prolific maker, but none of his work is labelled. Some inscribed internally: ‘J. B. Henry, Marseille’

Cecie Stainer+

Eldest son of Jean Baptiste Henry; b. 1793, Paris; d. there, 1858. Pupil of his father. Worked first in 1817 at rue Montmartre, Paris; in Bordeaux in 1822, and in Marseilles in 1825. In 1844 he returned to Paris, living in the rue Flechier until his death. He made a great many instruments, but never signed them.
His son, Octave, was also a maker.

Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+

Ältester Sohn und Schüler von Jean Bapt. H. eröffnete 1817 in der Rue Montmartre in Paris seine eigene Werkstatt, siedelte gegen 1823 nach Bordeaux und 1825 nach Marseille über, wo er bis 1844 blieb. Er kehrte dann nach Paris zurück und wohnte Rue Fléchier, wo er auch starb. Er war sehr fleissig, hat aber, so wenig wie sein Vater, seine Werke durch Zettel bezeichnet.

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