Vincenzo RUGERI

Type	Details	Sold	Price
Violin	35.5 cm Cremona, 1717 (the head possibly later)	Wed 1st June 2011	£102,000
Violin	35.6 cm [Attributed to]	Sun 1st May 2011	£5,098
Violin	35.6 cm Cremona, 1695 c. [Probably by]	Tue 1st March 2011	£133,250
Violin	35.4 cm Cremona, 1710 [Probably by]	Fri 1st October 2010	£152,956
Violin	35.3 cm Cremona, 1690 c.	Mon 1st October 2007	£34,100
Violin	1704	Thu 1st November 2001	£65,000
Violin	1692 c.	Wed 1st June 1988	£13,200

John Dilworth

RUGERI, Vincenzo Born 1663, died 1719 Cremona Italy. Son, pupil, and successor of Francesco Rugeri, above. Significant maker of the mid-classical period. Although regarded as a lesser craftsman than his father, he made great advances in quickly adopting the low Stradivari arching over the slightly high pinched Amatisé arch which characterises Francesco’s work. He retained the ‘Grand Amati’ model, but used a distinctive dark red varnish which has a tendency to craze. This recipe seems to appear in certain late Stradivari works as well as those of Carlo Bergonzi. It seems very likely that Bergonzi was in fact a pupil of Vincenzo, and indeed may have taken over the workshop briefly after Vincenzo’s death in 1720 when his two sons Francesco and Carlo Giuseppe were only 16 and 13 years old respectively. Vincenzo Roger detto il Per / in Cremona, 1714 Vincenzo Rugieri detto il Per / Cremona, 1690

Cecie Stainer

Son of Francesco Ruggeri. Was working in Cremona about 1700-50, is also said to have worked in Brescia. He made many altos and violoncellos, the work is somewhat rough and careless He was the last member of this family to make violins. He also used ” il Per ” on his labels, for the same reason probably—viz., to distinguish his work from that of the Rogeri of Brescia. Labels “Vincenzo Rugier (or Ruger) detto il Per m Cremona, 1714” ; a similar label is dated 1720.

George Hart

Also uses the name “II Per.” Worked from about 1700 to 1730. He appears to have made many Violoncellos. Vincenzo Ruger detto il Per in Cremona 17—

Willibald Leo Lütgendorff

Sohn des Francesco R. Wenn auch weniger bedeutend als der Vater, dessen Beinamen er gleichfalls annahm, so hat er doch einige sehr schöne Geigen, hauptsächlich aber Violoncelli gemacht. Sein Holz ist gut, der Lack gelbbraun. Eine prachtvolle Viola da Gamba von ihm aus dem Jahre 1702, die merkwürdiger Weise schon einen gewölbten Boden hat, besitzt die kgl. Sammlung alter Musikinstrumente in Berlin (No. 838). Im Allgemeinen ist seine Arbeit weniger sorgfältig durchgeführt als die der übrigen Mitglieder der Familie. Beethoven besass bekanntlich eine Viola von ihm (von 1690), ein Geschenk des Fürsten Lichnowsky.

Henri Poidras

Son of Francesco Ruggieri. The work of this master has not the same value and cannot be compared with that of his father. Like his brother Giacinto, he used a yellow-brown varnish of good quality. His instruments are slightly arched. The scroll is artistically carved, the purfling a little thick.

Karel Jalovec

Cremona. 1690 — 1735. Second son of Francesco Ruggeri. Instruments by him are not characterized by particularly careful workmanship, but inasmuch as their tone is concerned, they are good. The wood is, with but few insignificant exceptions, fine; the scrolls and the small sound-holes are gracefully cut; the carefully finished purfling is near the edge. His ‘cellos are excellent. He applied a beautiful yellow-brown, brown or red varnish. Price 65 — 80.000 Kc.

£152,956

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John Dilworth

Cecie Stainer

George Hart

Willibald Leo Lütgendorff

Henri Poidras

Karel Jalovec

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