VERDI, Giuseppe (1813-1901). Photographic portrait with auto...

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VERDI, Giuseppe (1813-1901). Photographic portrait with autograph dedication, signed and dated 1891. Milan: Pagliano e Ricordi, 1891.
Fine photographic portrait of Giuseppe Verdi, enriched by an autograph dedication dated 1891: Alla Signorina Sofia Villa , followed by the composer's signature. Produced by the celebrated Milanese photographic studio Pagliano e Ricordi, one of the most prestigious in nineteenth-century Italy, the portrait dates from Verdi's full artistic maturity, in the years immediately preceding the composition of Falstaff.

Albumen print mounted on the original photographer's card (240 × 170 mm), with autograph dedication, signed and dated 1891. Pagliano e Ricordi studio stamp, Milan. In good condition. (1)