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Wenzel Kovansky

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John Dilworth

KOVANSKY, Wenzel Worked circa. 1749 Prague Czech Republic. Decorated violin bought for 300 ducats by the Empress Maria Theresa in 1749, preserved in the Vienna Kunsthistorisches Museum. Signed on small escutcheon on the table: ‘Kovansky’

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