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Francois (Franz Placidus) Fent

Highest auction price

£7,214

Auction price history
Type Details Sold Price
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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