Antoine Marius RICHELME
Highest auction price
£2,534
Auction price history
| Type | Details | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Viola | Bearing the maker's label, back decoration, double purfling, in excellent and playing condition | Sat 1st June 2024 | £2,534 |
| Violin | 37.3 cm Marseille, 1874 | Wed 1st December 2010 | £673 |
| Violin | 37.0 cm Marseille, 1885 c. | Sun 1st June 2008 | £836 |
| Viola | 42.0 cm Marseille, 1885 | Fri 1st June 2007 | £962 |
| Viola | 37.0 cm Marseille, 1874 | Tue 1st June 2004 | £118 |
| Violin | 1894 | Sun 1st December 2002 | £1,816 |
| Violin | 1890 | Thu 1st June 2000 | £218 |
| Violin | 1892 | Sun 1st November 1981 | £770 |
Biographies
John Dilworth
RICHELME, Antoine Marius Born 1833, died 1896 Marseille France. Pupil of Yong in Marseille 1850. Subsequently worked for Luppi-Coviaux, manufacturers of tailpieces and chinrests, etc. Established independently 1867. Early work is finely achieved and based on classical models. Later, from 1883, developed his own ‘Modèle Richelme’ which was essentially a viol form adapted to the violin applying the theoretical acoustical ideas of Savart. Most have carved heads in place of scrolls. These have not sustained their initial success. Author of Études et observations sur la lutherie ancienne et moderne’(Marseille, 1868) and Renaissance du Violon et de ses Analogues (Marseille, 1873). Stradivari model violin, with picturesque carving on the back and gold leaf on the edges, preserved in the Marseilles Museum. Latin motto applied to the ribs: ‘Humanas voce meis in fibris quatuor invenies’. Inscribed internally: ‘Fait à Marseille 1886, Richelme’. Fait par Marius Richelme / Auteur et observations sur la / lutherie ancienne et moderne / No. 10.. S.C.P. composition
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