Title:
Nicolo Paganini (1784-1840)
Caption:
Nicolo Paganini (1784-1840). Artist: Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (French, Montauban 1780-1867 Paris). Dimensions: 9 7/16 x 7 5/16 in. (24 x 18.5 cm). Date: between 1818-31.
Ingres was himself an accomplished violinist, and met and befriended Paganini by playing second violin in a performance with him. Ingres apparently drew three portraits of Paganini. This embellished counterproof is said to have been made for the engraver Calamatta.
Technique/material:
Counterproof strengthened with graphite and white chalk on tracing paper
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Image size:
2932 x 3717 px | 31.2 MB
Print size:
24.8 x 31.5 cm | 9.8 x 12.4 in (300 dpi)
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