Portrait engraving of Christoph Gluck

by Simon Charles Miger 1736-1820 . After the well-known painting by Joseph Siffred Duplessis 1725-1802 by Christoph Willibald Gluck

$475 · Offered by J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians

Sheet size 284 x 204 mm.The composer is depicted in a circular frame, one-third length, turned left, with head facing forward and eyes raised. He is dressed in a pleated coat, waist-length jacket, shirt, and cravat. The circular frame sits on a stone shelf and is adorned with a branch of laurel, with lettering below as follows: CHRISTOPHE GLUCK // De l'art d'aller au coeur par des accords touchants letzter Buchstabe verdruckt / Nul autre mieux que lui n'a montré la

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