Francois (Franz Placidus) Fent
Highest auction price
£7,214
Auction price history
Type | Details | Sold | Price |
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Viola | Bearing the maker's label, lower rib restoration | Sat 1st June 2024 | £5,531 |
Violin | 35.6 cm Paris, 1800 c. (some restorations) | Mon 1st June 2009 | £6,223 |
Violin | 36.3 cm Paris, 1787 c. [Probably by] | Mon 1st October 2007 | £3,711 |
Violin | 35.8 cm Mittenwald, 1760 c. | Fri 1st June 2007 | £2,565 |
Violin | 35.9 cm Paris, 1800 c. (restored soundpost crack) | Fri 1st June 2007 | £7,214 |
Violin | 1790 | Sat 1st September 2001 | £2,400 |
Violin | 1770 | Wed 1st November 2000 | £5,750 |
Violin | 1795 (scroll replaced) | Wed 1st December 1999 | £7,201 |
Violin | 1770 c. | Sun 1st March 1998 | £2,530 |
Cello | 1780 c. | Wed 1st November 1989 | £6,820 |
Violin | 1770 | Wed 1st November 1989 | £5,060 |
Violin | 1770 c. | Wed 1st March 1989 | £5,500 |
Violin | 17-- | Fri 1st June 1984 | £3,056 |
Biographies
John Dilworth
FENT, François (FENDT, Franz Placidus) Born 1733 Füssen Germany died 1796 Paris France. Pupil of A. Gedler. Moved to Paris c.1760, working in Monmartre ‘près de la rue du Mail’ or ‘cul-de-sac St Pierre’. Altered his name to the French ‘François Fent’ but gave the description ‘Deutser’ or ‘Deitscher’ on some labels. Joined in about 1783 by his nephews Johann and Bernhard Simon. Johann died in 1789. Bernhard continued as his assistant until his death in 1796 and then moved to London. In the context of the pre-revolutionary Paris school, Fent was an extremely advanced and sophisticated maker, a precursor of Pique and Lupot, and certainly a strong influence on them. His work is on a Stradivari model, perhaps a little raw compared with later work, but authentic and vivid. Soundholes a little upright and widely set with rich complex red-brown or amber varnish. fait par fent / Mtre luthier Montmartre / près de la rue du Mail à Paris /Deitscher Fait par Fent / Maître Lutier, rue Montmartre / Cul-de-sac Saint Pietre, à Paris [BVMA]
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