Louis Moitessier
Highest auction price
£11,392
Auction price history
| Type | Details | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violin | Bearing the maker's brand, fair condition | Sat 1st June 2024 | £2,267 |
| Violin | Very small hairline crack in the sound post area on the back, crack running from the top treble side f-hole | Sat 1st June 2024 | £1,708 |
| Violin | Signed internally Moitessier à Paris, one-piece back | Wed 1st May 2024 | £1,143 |
| Violin | 36.2 cm Mirecourt, 1790 c. | Thu 1st December 2011 | £600 |
| Cello | 74.6 cm Paris | Wed 1st December 2010 | £11,392 |
| Violin | 35.5 cm Mirecourt, 1840 c. | Wed 1st December 2010 | £1,036 |
| Violin | 35.9 cm Mirecourt, 1810-1820 c. | Mon 1st June 2009 | £1,037 |
| Cello | 75 cm Mirecourt, mid-19th C. [Workshop of] | Sun 1st March 2009 | £2,500 |
| Violin | 36.4 cm Mirecourt, 1790 c. | Wed 1st October 2008 | £514 |
| Viola | 38.6 cm Mirecourt, 1830 c. | Sun 1st June 2008 | £650 |
| Cello Bow | 35.8 cm | Sat 1st December 2007 | £6,807 |
| Violin | 36.4 cm Mirecourt, 1830 | Sat 1st December 2007 | £681 |
| Violin | 36.2 cm Mirecourt, 1830 c. | Fri 1st June 2007 | £721 |
| Viola | 38.5 cm Mirecourt 1820-1830 c. | Thu 1st December 2005 | £1,118 |
| Violin | Mirecourt, 1820 c. | Thu 1st December 2005 | £1,118 |
| Violin | 1840 | Sat 1st June 2002 | £942 |
| Violin | 1830 | Sat 1st December 2001 | £804 |
| Violin | 18-- | Mon 1st April 1991 | £605 |
| Violin | 1810 c. | Fri 1st March 1991 | £1,100 |
| Violin | 18-- | Thu 1st November 1990 | £1,100 |
| Cello | 1820 | Sat 1st April 1989 | £1,925 |
| Viola | 38.4 cm 1800 c. | Sat 1st April 1989 | £528 |
| Viola | 1800 c. | Tue 1st November 1988 | £935 |
| Violin | 1800 c. | Sat 1st March 1986 | £385 |
| Violin | 1800 c. | Mon 1st October 1984 | £836 |
| Violin | 1800 c. | Sun 1st March 1981 | £474 |
Biographies
John Dilworth
MOITESSIER, Louis Worked circa. 1780-1824 Mirecourt France. Son of Prosper Antoine Moitessier, below. Prolific maker on a large model. Well made but with meagre brown varnish; some with rather better transparent yellow varnish. Some with carved lion’s head or painted decoration; others recorded with both back and table cut from maple. Although he was an influential teacher, notably of C. V. Rambaux, his own work is of little general worth. Generally branded as if made in Paris: ‘Moitessier à Paris’. Printed label: Ludovicus Moitessier fecit / anno Domini, 1781
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