Portrait painting of Haydn. A modern copy after the 1791 original

by Thomas Hardy, regarded as perhaps the best likeness of the composer. In an attractive decorative gilt frame by Joseph Haydn

$750 · Offered by J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians

Haydn is seated turned quarter left and holding a folio volume, presumably a volume of his music. 760 x 610 mm 30 24 ; overall size 900 x 745 mm 35.5 x 39.5 .Slight surface wear. In very good condition overall. The original is held at the Royal College of Music in London.

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