Jacob Steininger
Highest auction price
£6,316
Auction price history
| Type | Details | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cello | Aschaffen, 1800 | Tue 1st November 2005 | £6,316 |
| Violin | Aschaffenburg, 1805 1/2 Size | Thu 1st July 2004 | £4,541 |
Biographies
John Dilworth
STEININGER, Jacob Born 1751 Lechbruck bei Füssen, died 1823 Aschaffenburg Germany. Son-in-law and pupil of N. Dopfer. Active in Mainz from c.1775 where Dopfer was court luthier from 1756 to 1788 in which year Steininger succeeded to the appointment. The family left Mainz in 1792 as a result of the revolutionary wars, staying briefly in Frankfurt and then settling in Aschaffenburg with the court of the Frederick, Elector of Saxony. Joined in the family workshop there by his sons Franz, above, Johannes and Nicolaus, below, and Nicolaus Diehl. Jacob’s work is very variable. The characteristic Mainz model is rather Gagliano-like: full broad arching, good strong Stradivarian outline, and small outward pointing corners. The soundholes tend to be upright and widely-spaced, with a cramped upper half, small upper circle and short narrow wing, but with a large and prominent lower circle. The nicks are cut broad straight and deep. On later work these characteristic soundholes are cut more open and develop an inward slope at the upper end. The scrolls are neatly concentric, but a little unrefined. Internal work quite coarse, with small linings spliced (rather than morticed) into the corner blocks in typical German style. The poorest work has the very Germanic appearance of commercial production of the period, with exaggerated Staineresque scrolls and rather careless layout. Materials are not often exceptional and varnish is typically a soft golden-orange or pale golden-brown. Jacobus Steininger / Churfurstl: Mayntzischer / Hof Lauten und Geigen- / macher, 1777 Jakob Steininger, hofgeigen / macher in Aschaffenburg 1806 Jacobus Staininger / Chürfürtl / Snaimkilcher / Hoflautern und Geigen / macher 1780 no 127 [Michels]
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