Nicolo Bianchi
Highest auction price
£3,220
Auction price history
| Type | Details | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violin | 1856 | Mon 1st December 2003 | £2,059 |
| Violin | 1870 c. | Tue 1st November 1994 | £3,220 |
| Violin | 1922 | Tue 1st March 1994 | £2,185 |
Biographies
John Dilworth
BIANCHI, Nicolò Born 1803 Albisola Superiore, Savona Italy, died 1881 Nice France. Worked in Aix-en-Provence from 1844. Established in Paris by 1851, from 1860 in the Rue Croix-des-Petits-Champs. Taught Scarampella in his workshop there in 1862. Moved to Genoa c.1868 and finally to Nice 1872. Employed F. Bovis from 1874, and F. Praga who took over the business in 1877 when Bianchi retired to Nice. The shop was however bequeathed to Bovis in his will. Associated in most dictionaries with Pressenda, Ceruti, and Guadagnini in Turin, this does not appear to fit with his known circumstances, although there is strong evidence of a working involvement with other makers in Turin. His early life in Genoa, 1796-1851, may have brought him into contact with Giuseppe Rocca of Turin who ended his career in Genoa c.1850-1860. Pierre Pacharel also worked in Turin and died in Nice the year before Bianchi’s arrival there. Blot points out the resemblance of an early violin to the work of L. Rastelli. Highly regarded as a maker, repairer, and connoisseur, although relatively few of his instruments are known. Stradivari, Guarneri, and Amati models, often with artificially aged shaded varnish. Cellos also on various models. Also beautifully decorated viola d’amores known. Fine rich orange-red varnish. Nicolò Bianchi Réparé par / Bianchi Nicolò / luthier décoré / à Paris, 1851 Bianchi N. Liuttista / 1870 Genova [Blot III]
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