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Portrait of Gaspare Spontini

Johann Georg Weinhold
1813-1880

Portrait of Gaspare Spontini

1844
13 1/2 x 10 inches (343 x 256 mm)
Black chalk and charcoal with white opaque watercolor on paper.
2019.260

Gift of Roberta J.M. Olson and Alexander B.V. Johnson.

Notes
Probably executed at the time of Wagner's production of Spontini's opera "Die Vestalin" in Dresden in 1844.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed and dated in black chalk at lower center: 'G. W. / Dresda... 44'. On a separate piece of paper attached to bottom of the drawing, in pen and brown ink, in the hand of Gaspare Spontini: Di nuovo addio, Germania a me si cara! / Sommo dover (a) di nuovo ci separa! / Ma, quanto io sia lontan da tuoi confini, / Fedel ti resta il cor del tuo Spontini. / Dresda, le 8 decembre / del 1844 / (a) verso l'Istituto / di Francia!
Associated names
Olson, Roberta J. M., former owner.
Johnson, Alexander B. V., former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department