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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. Josephus Ferdinandus / Leidolff, fecit Viennae 1769 Josephus Ferdinandus Lei\u{2026} — John Dilworth

Worked Vienna
Made Violin

Auction Price History

Highest auction price

£3,250

8 results

Type Details Auction house Sold Price
Violin Lot 291BonhamsMay 2014£1,500
Violin Lot 312BonhamsOctober 2012£3,250
Violin35.9 cm Vienna, 1774 c. Probably byApril 2010£1,807
Violin35.3 cm Vienna, 1770 c.October 2007£2,000
Violin35.8 cm Vienna, 1764May 2007£3,006
Violin1760 c.September 1989£1,760
Violin1770November 1985£810
Violin1771April 1983£216

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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