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Juan Guillami ‘filius’ (II)

Violin by Joannes Guillami, Spain, 1797
Violin by Juan Guillami ‘filius’ (II). Sold by Amati — from the archive.

Instruments

Auction Price History

Highest auction price

£89,857

3 results

Type Details Auction house Sold Price
ViolinUnlabelled, branded internally Guillami Lot 196Brompton’sJune 2021£15,600est. £ 15,000-20,000
CelloIllustrated in The Golden Age of Violin Making in Spain, pp. 350-353; labelled Joannes Guillami me ... Lot 39TarisioMay 2016£89,857est. $ 80,000-120,000
ViolinLabelled Gagliano Lot 70VichyDecember 2015£9,797est. € 10.000-15.000

Maker Overview

Life

Juan Guillamí “Filius” was the son of Juan Guillamí I, and succeeded him in running the family workshop following his father’s death. He continued working within the same Barcelona tradition, producing instruments influenced by his father’s models and methods.

His output is generally considered a more commercially driven continuation of the workshop style, with workmanship that can appear less refined and materials of variable quality compared to earlier instruments from the same workshop. The instruments typically feature relatively low, somewhat flattened arching, and are finished in a dark spirit varnish characteristic of Spanish trade production of the period.

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