Louis Moitessier
Auction price history
Highest auction price
£11,392
| Type | Details | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cello | Bearing the maker's brand, many table restorations including sound post crack, neck blemish | December 2024 | £6,213 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's brand to the back, many restorations to the table and back | November 2024 | £825 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's brand, fair condition | June 2024 | £2,267 |
| Violin | Very small hairline crack in the sound post area on the back, crack running from the top treble side f-hole | June 2024 | £1,708 |
| Violin | Signed internally Moitessier à Paris, one-piece back | May 2024 | £1,143 |
| Violin | 36.2 cm Mirecourt, 1790 c. | December 2011 | £600 |
| Cello | 74.6 cm Paris | December 2010 | £11,392 |
| Violin | 35.5 cm Mirecourt, 1840 c. | December 2010 | £1,036 |
| Violin | 35.9 cm Mirecourt, 1810-1820 c. | June 2009 | £1,037 |
| Cello | 75 cm Mirecourt, mid-19th C. [Workshop of] | March 2009 | £2,500 |
| Violin | 36.4 cm Mirecourt, 1790 c. | October 2008 | £514 |
| Viola | 38.6 cm Mirecourt, 1830 c. | June 2008 | £650 |
| Cello Bow | 35.8 cm | December 2007 | £6,807 |
| Violin | 36.4 cm Mirecourt, 1830 | December 2007 | £681 |
| Violin | 36.2 cm Mirecourt, 1830 c. | June 2007 | £721 |
| Viola | 38.5 cm Mirecourt 1820-1830 c. | December 2005 | £1,118 |
| Violin | Mirecourt, 1820 c. | December 2005 | £1,118 |
| Violin | 1840 | June 2002 | £942 |
| Violin | 1830 | December 2001 | £804 |
| Violin | 18-- | April 1991 | £605 |
| Violin | 1810 c. | March 1991 | £1,100 |
| Violin | 18-- | November 1990 | £1,100 |
| Cello | 1820 | April 1989 | £1,925 |
| Viola | 38.4 cm 1800 c. | April 1989 | £528 |
| Viola | 1800 c. | November 1988 | £935 |
| Violin | 1800 c. | March 1986 | £385 |
| Violin | 1800 c. | October 1984 | £836 |
| Violin | 1800 c. | March 1981 | £474 |
Biographies
John Dilworth
MOITESSIER, Louis Worked circa. 1780-1824 Mirecourt France. Son of Prosper Antoine Moitessier, below. Prolific maker on a large model. Well made but with meagre brown varnish; some with rather better transparent yellow varnish. Some with carved lion’s head or painted decoration; others recorded with both back and table cut from maple. Although he was an influential teacher, notably of C. V. Rambaux, his own work is of little general worth. Generally branded as if made in Paris: ‘Moitessier à Paris’. Printed label: Ludovicus Moitessier fecit / anno Domini, 1781
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