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Josef (II) Kriner

Mittenwald, worked 1788–1835

Trade work. Modified the traditional Klotz model with some Stradivarian influences. Fine materials and good red-brown varnish. Best work dated after 1817. Signed internally on table. Joseph Kriner, Geingenmacher in / Mittenwald an der Iser, 1791 — John Dilworth

Worked Mittenwald
Made Violin

Auction Price History

Highest auction price

£4,830

5 results

Type Details Auction house Sold Price
ViolinViolin Lot 85DorotheumDecember 2013£1,356est. € 2.000-2.200
ViolinTwo-piece back of medium curl, ribs similar, lion head, table of fine grain, varnish of an orange colour Lot 37DorotheumJune 2013£1,592est. € 2.000-3.000
Violin35.9 cm Mittenwald, 1790January 2011£4,830
ViolinMittenwald, 1820 c. Attributed toJanuary 2004£2,151
Violin1890January 1996£690

Biographies

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John Dilworth+

Josef (II), Worked circa. 1788-1835 Mittenwald. Trade work. Modified the traditional Klotz model with some Stradivarian influences. Fine materials and good red-brown varnish. Best work dated after 1817. Signed internally on table. Joseph Kriner, Geingenmacher in / Mittenwald an der Iser, 1791

Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+

Da er hauptsächlich für die Mittenwalder grossen Handelsfirmen
arbeitete, die »gangbaren Modelle« nachahmte. Seine beste Zeit fällt in die Jahre 1820—1840.

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