Antwerp · 1700 to 1750
Historical maker
Named in 1 book.
What the books printed
Old violins, Haweis, H. R. (Hugh Reginald). Edinburgh, Grant, 1905. Page 255, scan 279.
HOFMANS, Matthias. Antwerp, 1700-50; choice maker in the Cremona style.
Same name
Whether any of these is the same person, the books do not say.
Same town, same time
7 other Antwerp makers have a year in the 1700s. A few of them:
- 1645 to 1710 Borlon, Francis
- 1680 to 1710 Borlon, Jean
- 1689 to 1740 Hofmans, Matthys
- 1720 to 1750 Hofmans
- 1730 to 1760 Willems
- 1774 Wilmet, F. J.