Nancy School
Nicholas (II) Medard
Nancy, worked 1630
Son of Claude Médard (II), above. Recorded as ‘faconneur de violons’. Fine Amatisé work on a small model with clear but thin red varnish. Long corners with ends cut steeply, almost parallel to the centre-line of the instrument. Neat scroll, but not carefully finished. Many commercial instruments mad\u{2026} — John Dilworth
Biographies
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John Dilworth+
Nicholas (II) Worked circa. 1630. Son of Claude Médard (II), above. Recorded as ‘faconneur de violons’. Fine Amatisé work on a small model with clear but thin red varnish. Long corners with ends cut steeply, almost parallel to the centre-line of the instrument. Neat scroll, but not carefully finished. Many commercial instruments made by Thibouville-Lamy in Mirecourt also given this name in the 19th and 20th century. Manuscript label: Nicolas Medard.à Nancy, 1635 Nicolas Medard / Paris 1641
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+
Er war 1620 Trauzeuge bei seinem Bruder Henri M. 1622 heisst er »faiseur d’instruments, 1625 und 1626 »violon de Son Altesse und 1630 nur »violon«. Nach 1630 dürfte er nach Paris ausgewandert sein.
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Working in Nancy at the same time
Antoine (I) Medard worked 1620
Antoine (II) Medard b. 1621
Baptiste Medard worked 1628
Claude (II) Medard worked 1604–1648
Claude (III) Medard worked 1623
Claude (IV) Medard b. 1623
Dominique (I) Medard b. 1626