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Brno School

Franz Anton Wild

Brno, worked 1790–1834

Unattractive Stainer copies. Well made but high-arched, with deeply worked edge flute and thin dark opaque varnish. Henley points out that ground is of glue base, notorious for vulnerability to water and lack of adhesion. — John Dilworth

Worked Brno
Made Viola

Auction price history

Highest auction price

£2,218
Type Details Sold Price
Viola 40.3 cm Brünn, 1766 October 2011 £2,218

Biographies

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John Dilworth+

Franz Anton Worked circa. 1790-1834 Brno Czech Republic. Unattractive Stainer copies. Well made but high-arched, with deeply worked edge flute and thin dark opaque varnish. Henley points out that ground is of glue base, notorious for vulnerability to water and lack of adhesion.

Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+

Er soll aus Brünn stammen und hat auch dort gearbeitet. Da sein Name in den Markneukirchener Kirchenbüchern fehlt, ist es wahrscheinlich, dass er anderswo starb. Seine Geigen sind gut im Ton und manchmal auch von ansprechender Form. — Ein Heinrich Adolf Wild, geb. 15. März 1843, ist noch in Markneukirchen thätig, wahrend Heinrich Robert Wild, geb. 2. Oct. 1845 in Markneukirchen, jetzt in Erlbach arbeitet. In Markneukirchen lebte:

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