NADAR [GASPARD-FELIX TOURNACHON] (1820–1910)
NADAR [GASPARD-FELIX TOURNACHON] (1820–1910)

Gioachino Rossini, 1856

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NADAR [GASPARD-FELIX TOURNACHON] (1820–1910)
Gioachino Rossini, 1856
gelatin silver print, mounted on board, printed 1900–1930 by Paul Nadar
signed in ink (mount, recto); titled and dated in ink, titled in pencil (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 9 x 6 3/8 in. (22.7 x 16 cm.)
mount: 13 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. (34.7 x 24.7 cm.)

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Lot Essay

Rossini was an important Italian composer, known mostly for his operas, such as The Barber of Seville and La Cenerentola; he was also a celebrated contemporary song writer.

Other prints of this image reside in institutional collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; the National Portrait Gallery, London; the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

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