Concert ticket For the Benefit of Mr. Giardini. Engraved

by Francesco Bartolozzi 1728-1815 after G. B. Cipriani 1727-1785 by Felice Giardini

$300 · Offered by J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians

Etching with engraving. Sheet size 111 x 140 mm.Melpomene the god of tragedy is seated on a parapet at left holding a dagger in her right hand; two putti are at her feet, one lying dead, the other standing and pulling his hair; Thalia the god of comedy stands at right, accompanied by a putto holding a torch.Small early collector's circular monogrammatic handstamp in dark red ink to verso.Slightly trimmed to within platemark; two small inkstains

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