Jean Ouvrard
Paris, d. 1748
Pupil of Claude Pierray. Master of the violin makers guild 1742-1743. Established in the rue de l’Ecole c.1735. Employed G. Cousineau and an apprentice named François Feury. His widow married Salomon. Violins and cellos on a small Amatisé model. Workmanship slightly finer than that of Pierray. — John Dilworth
Auction Price History
Highest auction price
12 results
| Type | Details | Auction house | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label Lot 58 | Vichy | December 2018 | £6,948est. € 6.000-8.000 |
| Violin | Labelled Salomon, later head Lot 169 | Vichy | June 2018 | £3,365est. € 2.000-3.000 |
| Violin | Labelled Salomon Lot 301 | Vichy | June 2018 | £2,103est. € 2.500-3.000 |
| Small Cello | Walnut body and head, bearing the maker's brand to the nut Lot 358 | Vichy | June 2014 | £5,805est. € 6.000-8.000 |
| Small Cello | Bearing the maker's label and brand Lot 315 | Vichy | June 2012 | £19,409est. € 9.000-12.000 |
| Violin | 35.8 cm Paris, 1745 c. (numerous restorations) | — | January 2006 | £719 |
| Violin | 36.1 cm Paris, 1745 c. (heel broken and different restorations) | — | January 2006 | £1,438 |
| Violin | 1740 | — | January 1999 | £2,597 |
| Violin | 1740 c. | — | January 1991 | £1,760 |
| Violin | 1726 | — | January 1991 | £3,520 |
| Violin | 1720-50 | — | January 1982 | £264 |
| Violin | 1744 | — | January 1980 | £1,872 |
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Biographies
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John Dilworth+
OUVRARD, Jean Worked circa. 1720 died 1748 Paris France. Pupil of Claude Pierray. Master of the violin makers guild 1742-1743. Established in the rue de l’Ecole c.1735. Employed G. Cousineau and an apprentice named François Feury. His widow married Salomon. Violins and cellos on a small Amatisé model. Workmanship slightly finer than that of Pierray. Golden-yellow or red-brown varnish. Viols and quintons in museum collections in Brussels, New York. and Basle. Ouvrard. Luthier. Place de l’Ecole à Paris 1744 Fait par J. Ouvrard / à Paris 1726
George Hart+
Pupil of Claude Pierray.
Cecie Stainer+
A maker in Paris about 1725-46. Pupil of Claude Pierray. A violoncello is known, beautifully made, with very fine golden-coloured varnish; also a small six-stringed viol dated 1726, and a five-stringed viol labelled ” place de l’Ecole, a Paris, 1745.”
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+
Schüler von Claude Pierray; geschworener Zunftmeister für 1743. Im Conservatorium
zu Brüssel befindet sich ein Quinton, auf dessen Zettel er seine
Wohnung »Place de l’Ecole« angiebt. Mahillon liest den Namen unrichtig mit
Duvrard. Seine Geigen sehen denen seines Lehrers nicht unähnlich, doch ist er viel schwerfälliger in der Form. Sein Lack ist von goldgelber Farbe, aber trocken und spröde
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