LupotFrançois I, Son of Laurent. Born at Plombières, 1725. First worked with father at Lunéville, 1746-1754. Appointed violin maker to the Duke of Würtemberg at Stuttgart, 1754-1768. Worked at Orleans, 1770, and at Paris, 1794. Died 1804. Claimed to have been a pupil of Guarnerius but the various dates of the two men prove the assertion to be a little bit of boasting on his part or fictitious imagination of some writers. This well accomplished man (superior to either Laurent or Jean but outclassed by his son) made several violins of uncommon merit which are yearly becoming highly valued by those who cannot afford the 400 pounds and upwards specimens by the old Italian makers. Broad pattern, perhaps to be slightly censored as being a little stiff; but the fullness of the tone excuses this and gives the greater reason for the growing popularity of the instruments. No remarkable invention of ingenious cutting in the matter of the scroll and sound-holes but his resources enabled him to bestow considerable polish of art on them. We cannot, however, expatiate so approvingly on the poor virtues of the dark brown varnish which is sometimes rather transparent on the back but very muddy on the front. Violin (dated Orleans, 1771), exhibited at Paris, 1900, sculptured head, artistic inlays on corners and ribs.
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françois lupot lutier
a luneville 1747
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(written)
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Francois Lupot, Luthier de
la coure de Wirtenbergt
à Stoutgard l’anno 1767
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(note the curious spelling)
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Francisco Lupot fecit
in Orleans, anno 1775
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(strikingly pretty border)
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Francisco Lupot fecit
In Orleano, anno 1772
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Name generally branded under the button. £300, 1960.
LupotFrançois I, Son of Laurent. Born at Plombières, 1725. First worked with father at Lunéville, 1746-1754. Appointed violin maker to the Duke of Würtemberg at Stuttgart, 1754-1768. Worked at Orleans, 1770, and at Paris, 1794. Died 1804. Claimed to have been a pupil of Guarnerius but the various dates of the two men prove the assertion to be a little bit of boasting on his part or fictitious imagination of some writers. This...
Upot,Ran
