Career
Boussu was active in the Brussels area during the middle of the eighteenth century (c 1749 – c 1761). His making method incorporated both local archaic as well as foreign influences. The Musical Instrument Museum (Brussels) has several Boussu violins and cellos in their collection.
Two of these instruments are in unaltered condition.
Boussu"s instruments feature a very remarkable scroll with an extra half turn and a yellow-brown varnish. The Musée national de la Renaissance collection includes a pochette violin by Boussu.
In his 40s, he and his family moved north, subsequently to Liège (c 1749 – c 1750), Etterbeek (c 1751 – 1753) and Brussels (1753 – c 1761), and at the same time he commenced a twelve-year period of intensive violin making.
