Nikolaus Kittel
Auction price history
Highest auction price
£23,400
| Type | Details | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violin Bow | G/E 62.0 g. [Attributed to] | Wed 1st June 2011 | £4,800 |
| Cello Bow | N/E 78.0 g. [Attributed to] | Fri 1st October 2010 | £1,051 |
| Viola Bow | S/E 60.5 g. [Made for workshop of] | Fri 1st October 2010 | £3,154 |
| Cello Bow | S/E 78.0 g. [Made for] | Thu 1st April 2010 | £14,793 |
| Cello Bow | S/E 72.5 g. (broken and repaired head) [Attributed to] | Mon 1st February 2010 | £1,693 |
| Violin Bow | G/T 59.5 g. [frog & button of the period & probably by "L. Bausch"] | Sun 1st March 2009 | £16,380 |
| Violin Bow | G/T 56.0 g. (possible damage to butt end) | Sat 1st March 2008 | £8,775 |
| Violin Bow | G/T 59.0 g. (gold & tortoiseshell mounts probably later) | Sat 1st March 2008 | £23,400 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 58.0 g. (frog & button not original) [Attributed to] | Tue 1st May 2007 | £1,387 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 59.5 g. [Attributed to] | Wed 1st February 2006 | £2,485 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 61 g. | Thu 1st July 2004 | £14,400 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 56 g. | Sun 1st November 1992 | £3,300 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 58 g. | Wed 1st November 1989 | £6,600 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 55 g. | Sat 1st March 1986 | £5,060 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 61 g. | Mon 1st October 1984 | £3,960 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 60 g. | Fri 1st April 1983 | £2,200 |
| Violin Bow | G/T 59 g. | Sun 1st March 1981 | £6,154 |
Biographies
John Dilworth
KITTEL, Nikolaus Born 1805, died 1868 St Petersburg Russia. Bow maker, active from 1825. Family of Austrian origin. Known as the ‘Russian Tourte’. Made several violins and appointed luthier to the Czar’s court, but primarily recognised as a bow maker of genius. Used a Tourte model but with his own distinctive mannerisms: generally light in weight and often making use of figured pernambuco. Employed several craftsmen including Vladimir Ivanoff, Heinrich Knopf, and possibly Ludwig Bausch. Many modern authorities in fact attribute the majority of his work to foreign hands. Bows branded: KITTEL. Violin of 1833 and cello dated 1827 in the Moscow Conservatoire collection: very clean and sophisticated work bearing the hallmarks of fine quality Parisian craftsmanship. Printed labels: N.Kittel. Petersburg. 1827 N.Kittel. Petersburg.1833 Nicolaus Kittel / faber instrumentorum caesarianus / Petropoli Anno 1842
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