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Carl Brandl

Vienna, 1821–1864

Pupil of Tischenant and Hoffmann from 1835. Subsequently worked for Gutermann and A. Hofmann in Vienna. Established in Budapest from about 1855, address in Hatvani Street, later Granatos Street. — John Dilworth

Worked Vienna

Auction Price History

Highest auction price

£7,428

3 results

Type Details Auction house Sold Price
Two-piece back of medium curl, ribs and head similar, table of medium fine grain Lot 120April 2016£4,844est. € 5.000
In need of restoration Lot 61December 2013£1,565est. € 2.000-3.000
Maggini copy, two-piece back, table of fine grain, varnish of a golden brown colour Lot 18June 2013£7,428est. € 14.000-16.000

Biographies

The overview above is drawn from the following published accounts. Read them in the original:

John Dilworth+

BRANDL (BRANDT), Carl Born 1821, died 1864 Budapest Hungary. Pupil of Tischenant and Hoffmann from 1835. Subsequently worked for Gutermann and A. Hofmann in Vienna. Established in Budapest from about 1855, address in Hatvani Street, later Granatos Street. Fine workmanship using various classical models, a reduced Stradivari pattern and an enlarged Guarneri model; also Amati and double-purfled Maggini copies. Excessively large scroll, but well-carved. Dark red-brown varnish of good quality. Awarded diploma at the London Exhibition 1862. Carolus Brandl / ad forman Gio.Pao.Maggini / Pestini, 1863 Carolus Brandt fecit ad forman Joseph / Guarnerii. Pestini, 1863

Cecie Stainer+

A maker in Budapest, he sent two good violins, made after the models of Stradivari and Guarneri, to the London Exhibition in 1862.

Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+

Die Londoner Ausstellung von 1862 enthielt zwei gute Geigen von ihm,
nach Stradivari und Guarneri del Gesù gebaut.

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