Original portrait painting after the well known painting

by Étienne Aubry 1745-1781 held at the Louvre in Paris. Oil

$2,500 · Offered by J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians

61 x 47.3 cms, with frame 69.5 x 56 cms.The composer is depicted bust-length, turned 3/4 left, facing forward, wearing a red jacket, blue waistcoat, white collared blouse with lace, and wig. For a fine full-page color illustration of the original held at the Louvre, see MGG Vol. 5, plate 15. Gluck was recognized as an extraordinary phenomenon in his lifetime, as is evident from Burney’s deferential treatment of the

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