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Jean Baptiste (I) Lefebvre

Highest auction price

£7,800

Auction price history
Type Details Sold Price
Violin Mon 11th May 2015 £4,750
Violin Wed 5th October 2011 £4,750
Violin 35.5 cm Amsterdam ,1760-1770 c. Thu 1st June 2006 £3,400
Violin 1755 c. Fri 1st March 2002 £7,800
Cello 17-- Tue 1st November 1983 £3,740
Biographies

John Dilworth

LEFÈBVRE, Jean Baptiste (I) Born circa. 1700 Lannoy, nr. Lille France, died 1775 Amsterdam Netherlands. Active in Amsterdam from c.1726. Work in two distinct styles: one in traditional Dutch manner: Amatisé model with long corners and whalebone purfling; others more commonly in the Mirecourt tradition: low-arched and short-cornered, with yellow and golden-brown varnish. Small scrolls and short soundholes generally. Assisted by his son, Jean Baptiste Lefèbvre (II). The workshop in Kalverstraat continued under the direction of various luthiers until 1857 and the business was taken into the the 20th century by the Ko brothers and Johannes Peereboom. J. B. LeFèbvre fecit in Amsterdam. 1770. [NGV]

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