Joseph Ferdinand Leidolff
Vienna, worked 1756–1780
Work rarely encountered. Large Amatisé or Stainer model, neatly made. Good materials, but varnish inconsistent: some with dark opaque coatings, the best with transparent red- or orange-brown tints. Small high-arched violas. — John Dilworth
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11 results
| Type | Details | Auction house | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label, some table restorations, bass bar crack Lot 675 | — | December 2020 | £3,002est. € 2.500-3.000 |
| Violin | Lot 291 | Bonhams | May 2014 | £1,500 |
| Viola | Baroque condition, two-piece back of irregular horizontal curl, varnish of a golden yellow colour Lot 4 | — | December 2013 | £7,302est. € 12.000-14.000 |
| Violin | Two-piece back of medium curl, varnish of a brown colour, in need of minor restoration Lot 6 | — | December 2013 | £6,780est. € 8.000-10.000 |
| Violin | Lot 312 | Bonhams | October 2012 | £3,250 |
| Violin | 35.9 cm Vienna, 1774 c. Probably by | — | April 2010 | £1,807 |
| Violin | 35.3 cm Vienna, 1770 c. | — | October 2007 | £2,000 |
| Violin | 35.8 cm Vienna, 1764 | — | May 2007 | £3,006 |
| Violin | 1760 c. | — | September 1989 | £1,760 |
| Violin | 1770 | — | November 1985 | £810 |
| Violin | 1771 | — | April 1983 | £216 |
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Biographies
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John Dilworth+
LEIDOLFF, Joseph Ferdinand Worked circa. 1756-1780 Vienna Austria. Work rarely encountered. Large Amatisé or Stainer model, neatly made. Good materials, but varnish inconsistent: some with dark opaque coatings, the best with transparent red- or orange-brown tints. Small high-arched violas. Josephus Ferdinandus / Leidolff, fecit Viennae 1769 Josephus Ferdinandus Leidolff / Lauten und Geigenmacher / in Wien 17.. Joseph Leidolff Lauten / und Geigenmacher in / Wien 17..
Cecie Stainer+
A maker in Vienna in the 18th century.
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+
Er wohnte im Schottenviertel (wahrscheinlich im Tiefen Graben No. 363, legte am 30. April 1756 den Bürgereid ab und erscheint von 1757—1774 besteuert. Im Jahre 1774
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