Small portrait engraving. Early 19th century

by Giovanni Pierluigi da 1525/ Palestrina

$100 · Offered by J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians

The composer is depicted head-and-shoulders, facing left, within a double ruled border. With text below image: Ionnes Petrus Aloisius Praenestinus Musicae Princeps. Cura Fortunati Santini Romani. Image size 110 x 78 mm; sheet size 130 x 130 mm. On wove paper.Small stain to upper blank margin. Mounted on backing sheet. Fortunato Santini 1777-1861 was an Italian priest, composer, and music collector in Rome. The present print

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