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VERDI, Giuseppe (1813–1901). Photographic portrait with hand…
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VERDI, Giuseppe (1813–1901). Photographic portrait with hand…
See original version (Italian)
Estimate €1,000 - €1,500
Voluntary lot
Description
VERDI, Giuseppe (1813–1901). Photographic portrait with handwritten dedication, signed and dated 1891. Milan: Pagliano e Ricordi, 1891.
A fine photographic portrait of Giuseppe Verdi, featuring a handwritten dedication dated 1891: To Miss Sofia Villa, followed by the composer’s signature. Produced by the celebrated Milanese photographic studio Pagliano e Ricordi, one of the most prestigious in nineteenth-century Italy, the portrait dates from the height of Verdi’s artistic maturity, in the years immediately preceding the composition of Falstaff.
Albumen print mounted on the original photographer’s card (240 × 170 mm), with handwritten dedication, signed and dated 1891. Pagliano e Ricordi studio stamp, Milan. In good condition. (1)
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