G. Verdi. Large cabinet-style photograph signed and inscribed, February 1895

VERDI, GIUSEPPE
Large cabinet-style photograph signed and inscribed at the foot of the image and on the mount ("A Diomede Martinelli [?] G. Verdi")

24.5 x 17cm, by A. Ferrario of Milan, Milan, February 1895. some very light spotting and browning, a few marks and two small cuts to the right of the image

From the year of Verdi's planning of his rest home for musicians, a project dear to his heart, and which he called his 'finest work'.

Condition Report:
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