Dunkirk School
Guillaume Le Blond
Dunkirk, worked 1772–1789
After Dunkirk worked in London, according to an inscription on a piano in the Berlin Music Museum. Plucked instruments in Brussels and Berlin Museums. Violins on Stradivari-derived models. Fine cellos, both Brescian and Rogeri models cited, all with good red-brown varnish. Some branded: ‘G. Le Blond\u{2026} — John Dilworth
Auction price history
Highest auction price
| Type | Details | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violin | 1800 c. | May 1986 | £187 |
Biographies
The overview above is drawn from the following published accounts. Read them in the original:
John Dilworth+
LE BLOND, Guillaume Worked circa. 1772-1789 Dunkirk France. After Dunkirk worked in London, according to an inscription on a piano in the Berlin Music Museum. Plucked instruments in Brussels and Berlin Museums. Violins on Stradivari-derived models. Fine cellos, both Brescian and Rogeri models cited, all with good red-brown varnish. Some branded: ‘G. Le Blond Dunkerque’. Printed labels: Le Blond Luthier / à Dunkerque 1789 Fait par G. Le Blond / à Dunkerque 1772
Cecie Stainer+
A maker in Dunkirk about 1775-90. A five-stringed viol with yellow varnish is dated 1789, and a cither, 1779. Another cither was signed ” Leblond, Dunkerque.”
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+
Seine Geigen sind nicht ohne eine gewisse Originalität; Boden und Decke
springen nicht vor, das Holz ist gut und der Lack von gelber Farbe; auch seine
Lauten und Guitarren sind interessant. Eine Viola von ihm besitzt die Sammlung
Snoeck (No. 467, jetzt in Berlin) neben zwei französischen Guitarren, eine
ebensolche Guitarre von birnenförmigem Zuschnitt das Museum des Brüsseler Conservatoriums (No. 256).
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