Engraved half-length portrait of the composer

by Étienne Desrochers 1668-1741 by Arcangelo Corelli

$275 · Offered by J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians

The subject is depicted within an oval border, facing front turned quarter right, wearing a gown with shirt and cravat, a quill in his left hand poised above a sheet of music manuscript paper. With biographical text below image Arcange Correlli ! , incorrectly stating the year of his death as 1714, with 4-line laudatory verse below publication details. Size to platemark ca. 110 x 153 mm; sheet size 210 x 164 mm. On laid paper.Very slightly creased at blank upper left corner

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