Portrait miniature painting. Unsigned. 19th century. On dark red velvet mat within an ornate metal frame with stand
$300 · Offered by J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians
The composer is depicted half-length, turned quarter-right, dressed in red and yellow robes, wearing a long wig, and holding a rolled sheet of manuscript music in his left hand. Image size ca. 62 x 52 mm; overall size 130 x 91 mm. Within an oval frame with dark red velvet mat in an ornate rrectangular metal frame with crown at head. An attractive image. Lully, regarded throughout Enlightenment Europe as the leading figure in French music,
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