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Leopold RENAUDIN

Auction price history

Highest auction price

£12,500

Type	Details	Sold	Price
Violin	36.0 cm Paris, 1783	Fri 1st July 2011	£6,610
Viola	39.8 cm Paris, 1778	Wed 1st June 2011	£11,573
Violin	35.5 cm 1800 c. [Attributed to]	Tue 1st March 2011	£1,920
Viola	39.8 cm Paris, 1786	Fri 1st October 2010	£12,500
Violin	36.0 cm Paris, 1783 c. [Probably by]	Thu 1st July 2010	£6,153
Violin	36.0 cm Paris, 1792	Tue 1st June 2010	£3,625
Violin	36.2 cm Paris, 1780 c., baroqued	Mon 1st December 2008	£2,355
Viola	39.7 cm Paris, 1786	Sat 1st December 2007	£9,785
Violin	Paris, 1789	Sat 1st October 2005	£1,638
Violin	Paris, 1790 c. (repairs)	Tue 1st February 2005	£2,132
Viola	39.7 cm 1786	Sun 1st December 2002	£7,945
Violin	1780	Wed 1st March 2000	£3,220
Cello	1790 c.	Sat 1st June 1996	£8,050
Cello	1791	Sun 1st October 1995	£9,200
Viola	39.7 cm 1786	Wed 1st March 1989	£3,025
Viola	1776	Wed 1st June 1988	£8,250
Violin	1790	Sun 1st November 1981	£1,010
Violin	1787	Fri 1st May 1981	£1,650
Violin	1775-99	Sun 1st June 1980	£702

Biographies

John Dilworth Cecie Stainer Willibald Leo Lütgendorff Henri Poidras

John Dilworth

RENAUDIN, Léopold Born 1756 Mirecourt, died 1795 Paris France. Established at rue des Bouchers, Paris from 1773. Moved c.1774 to rue Saint-Honoré, at the sign ‘Aux Amateurs’. Appointed Luthier to the Conservatoire. An ally of the ruthless revolutionary Jurist Fouquier Tinville, he was tried and guillotined alongside him in 1795. Inconsistent work: some seems rather thoughtless, with high arch, clumsy scroll, and oxidised dark red varnish. Others, including particularly cellos and basses (several basses reportedly destroyed by fire at the Paris Opéra 1873) show greater refinement. Best instruments on a good Pique/Stradivari model. Soundholes upright and widely spaced with deep fluting to the lower wings. Cello dated 1777 and violin of 1792 in the Musée de la Musique, Paris. Examples of his work were exhibited at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London in 1973. Interestingly and perhaps ironically, his trade card and some labels state that he ‘cuts instruments that are too large’. Signed internally: ‘Fait par Léopold Renaudin à Paris 1792’. Brand: ‘Renaudin à Paris’ Fait par Léopold Renaudin / Luthier de l’Académie Royale de / Musique à Paris, 1792 Fait par Léopold Renaudin / Luthier de L’Académie Royale de / Musique à Paris, 1780 / Aux Amateurs. Renaudin. Luthier / Fait toutes sortes d’Instruments. / rue St. Honoré près de l’Opéra / à Paris. 1784 Aux Amateurs / Renaudin Luthier de l’Académie de Musique / rue St Honoré au coin de celle Jean St Denis. / Fait toutes sortes / d’Instruments de Musique, les raccomode, / les recoupe quand ils sont d’une forme trop grande, et / les remet en état. Il vent toutes sortes de Cordes d’Italie