Etching and stipple engraving

by Angelo-Maria-Damiano Bonini 1790-? after V. Demarchi by Padre Giovanni Battista Martini

$275 · Offered by J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians

The composer is depicted seated in an ornate chair at a keyboard instrument with a volume of music open before him, his head turned to the right, drawing attention to several bound volumes and a group of writing instruments on a draped table, presumably allusions to his own writings.Image size 228 x 156 mm; sheet size 260 x 194 mm. On wove paper.Very slightly worn; small stain to blank margins. Arrigoni & Bertarelli 2711.

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